Ariapeithes

Ariapeithes (Scythian: Ariyapaiϑah;[1][2][3][4] Ancient Greek: Αριαπειθης, romanized: Ariapeithēs) was a king of the Scythians in the early 5th century BCE.[5]

Ariapeithes
King of the Scythians
Reignc. 450 BCE
PredecessorIdanthyrsus (?)
SuccessorSkula
Spousesunnamed Greek woman
unnamed Thracian princess
Hupāyā
IssueSkula
Uxtamazatā
Varika
ScythianAriyapaiϑah
ReligionScythian religion

Name

Ariapeithes's name originates from the Scythian name *Ariyapaiϑah, and is composed of the terms *Ariya-, meaning “Aryan” and “Iranian,” and *paiϑah-, meaning “decoration” and “adornment.”[1][2][3][4]

Life

Ariyapaiϑah had three wives, each of whom bore him one son:[6]

  • an unnamed Greek woman from Istria, who became the mother of Skula
  • an unnamed daughter of the Thracian king Tērēs I, who became the mother of Uxtamazatā
  • a Scythian woman named Hupāyā (Ancient Greek: Οποιη, romanized: Opoiē; Latin: Opoea), who became the mother of Varika (Ancient Greek: Ορικος, romanized: Orikos; Latin: Oricus)

Death

Ariyapaiϑah was treacherously killed by Spargapaiϑah, the king of the Agathyrsi, after which Skula became the king of the Scythians, and took his stepmother Hupāyā as one of his wives.[6]

References
  1. Hinz 1975, p. 40.
  2. Schmitt 2003.
  3. Schmitt, Rüdiger (2018). "SCYTHIAN LANGUAGE". Encyclopædia Iranica.
  4. Schmitt 2011.
  5. Peter, Ulrike. "Ariapeithes". Brill's New Pauly. Brill Publishers. Retrieved 2018-08-16.
  6. Rolle, Renate (1989). The World of the Scythians. University of California Press. p. 123. ISBN 9780520068643. Retrieved 2018-08-16.

Sources

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William (1870). "Ariapeithes". In Smith, William (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. 1. p. 284.

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