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Spargapeithes (Agathyrsian king)
5th century BC Scythian Agathyrsi tribe king From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Spargapeithes (Scythian: Spargapaiϑah;[1][2][3] Ancient Greek: Σπαργαπειθης, romanized: Spargapeíthēs; Latin: Spargapeithes) was the name of a king of the Scythic tribe of the Agathyrsoi.
Name
Spargapeithes's name originates from the Scythian name *Spargapaiϑah, and is composed of the terms *sparga-, meaning “scion” and “descendant,” and *paiϑah-, meaning “decoration” and “adornment.”[4][5][2][6]
The name of Spargapeithes and that of the Massagetaean prince Spargapises (Scythian: *Spargapis) are variants of the same name,[1][4][5] and both forms, Spargapis and Spargapaiϑah, are cognates of the Avestan name Sparəγa-paēsa (𐬯𐬞𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬖𐬀⸱𐬞𐬀𐬉𐬯𐬀).[1][4][6]
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Reign
According to the Greek historian Herodotus, Spargapeithes treacherously killed the Scythian king Ariapeithes.[7]
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