Ariapeithes Explained

Ariapeithes
Succession:	King of the Scythians
Issue:
Spouses:	unnamed Greek woman unnamed Thracian princess
Religion:	Scythian religion
Predecessor:	Idanthyrsus (?)
Successor1:
Native Lang1:	Scythian

Ariapeithes (Scythian: ;^[1] grc|[[wikt:Ἀριαπείθης|Αριαπειθης]]|translit=Ariapeithēs) was a king of the Scythians in the early 5th century BCE.^[2]

Name

Ariapeithes's name originates from the Scythian name, and is composed of the terms, meaning “Aryan” and “Iranian,” and, meaning “decoration” and “adornment.”^[1]

Life

had three wives, each of whom bore him one son:

• an unnamed Greek woman from , who became the mother of
• an unnamed daughter of the Thracian king Tērēs I, who became the mother of
• a Scythian woman named (grc|Οποιη|translit=Opoiē; la|Opoea), who became the mother of (grc|Ορικος|translit=Orikos; la|Oricus)

Death

was treacherously killed by , the king of the Agathyrsi, after which became the king of the Scythians, and took his stepmother as one of his wives.

Sources

• Book: Hinz, Walther .

  de:Walther Hinz

  . 1975 . Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberleiferung . Old Iranian Language from Collateral Sources . German . . . 3-447-01703-1 .
• Book: Rolle, Renate . The World of the Scythians . 1989 . 123 . . . 978-0-520-06864-3 .
• 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 . 26 July 2022 .
• Book: Schmitt, Rüdiger . Rüdiger Schmitt . 2011 . Iranisches Personennamenbuch . Book of Iranian Personal Names . de . 5.5a . . 341-342 . 978-3-700-17142-3 .
• Book: Sherwin-White . Susan M. . Kuhrt . Amélie . Amélie Kuhrt . 1993 . From Samarkhand to Sardis: A New Approach to the Seleucid Empire . . . 978-0-520-08183-3 .

Notes and References

1. Web site: SCYTHIAN LANGUAGE . Schmitt . Rüdiger . Rüdiger Schmitt . 2018 . .
2. Web site: Ariapeithes . Peter . Ulrike . Brill's New Pauly . . 2018-08-16 .