Ariantas Explained

Ariantas (Scythian: ;[1] Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: Αριαντας|translit=Ariantas; Latin: Ariantas) was a king of the Scythians, who, in order to learn the population of his people, commanded every Scythian to bring him one arrow-head. With these arrow-heads he made an enormous brazen or copper vessel,[2] which was set up in a place called "Exampaeus", between the rivers Borysthenes and Hypanis. This was important because the total number of Scythians had always been difficult to determine, because of their nomadic behaviors.[3]

We know of Ariantas only from one single passage in Herodotus.[4]

Notes and References

  1. 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 . Annals of the University of Naples "L'Orientale" . 63 . 1–31 .
  2. Book: Hinge , George . Bilde . Pia Guldager . Højte . Jakob Munk . Stolba . Vladimir F. . Shcheglov . A. N. . Scythian and Spartan Analogies in Herodotos' Representation: Rites of Initiation and Kinship Groups . The Cauldron of Ariantas: Studies Presented to A.N. Ščeglov on the Occasion of His 70th Birthday . . Black Sea Studies . 1 . 2003 . 55 . English . 9788779340855 . 1903-4873 . 2018-05-29.
  3. Book: Dewald , Carolyn . Rosen . Ralph Mark . Farrell . Joseph . Nomodeiktes: Greek Studies in Honor of Martin Ostwald . Reading the World: The Interpretation of Objects in Herodotus' Histories . . 1993 . 55 . English . 9780472102976 . 2018-05-29.
  4. [Herodotus]

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