Tirgatao Explained

Tirgatao (Scythian: ; Ancient Greek: Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: Τιργαταω, romanized:) was a princess of the Maeotes mentioned by Polyaenus. She was the first wife of the Sindian king Hecataeus, and was a notable participant of the Bosporan wars of expansion.

Name

The name Tirgataō is the Hellenisation of the Scythian language name *Tigratavā, meaning "with the strength of an arrow."^{[1] [2]}

In the texts

Polyaenus tells us the story of Tirgatao in his book Stratagems:

See also

Related articles

• Maeotes

External links

• Page on Tirgatao on Rejectedprincesses.com

References

Notes and References

1. Book: Mayor, Adrienne . Adrienne Mayor . 2014 . The Amazons: Lives and Legends of Warrior Women across the Ancient World . . . 370-371 . 978-0-691-14720-8 .
2. Schmitt . Rüdiger . Rüdiger Schmitt . 2003 . Die skythischen Personennamen bei Herodot . Scythian Personal Names in Herodotus . de . Annali dell'Università degli Studi di Napoli l'Orientale . 63 . 1–31 .