Thyssagetae
Thyssăgĕtae, v. Thyrsagetae.
Thyssagetae, ārum, m., eine Völkerschaft im asiatischen Sarmatien, an beiden Ufern des Flusses Rha (Wolga), nach dem Kaspischen Meere zu, in der heutigen Ebene Captchai, Mela 1, 19, 19 (1. § 116). Plin. 4, 88 u. 6. 19 Jan (Detl. Thussegetae). – Nbf. Thyrsagetae, Val. Flacc. 6, 140: Sing. Thyrsagetēs, ae, m., Val. Flacc. 6, 135.
Thyssăgĕtæ, v. Thyrsagetæ.
THYSSAGETAE
THYSSA´GETAE (Θυσσαγέται, Hdt. 4.22), a numerous people of Asiatic Sarmatia, living principally by the chase. They dwelt to the north-east of a great desert of 7 days' journey, which lay between them and the Budini. Stephanus B. (s. v.) erroneously places them on the Maeotis, apparently from misunderstanding Herodotus. They are called Thussagetae by Mela (1.19) and Pliny (Plin. Nat. 4.12s. 26), and Thyssagetae by Valerius Flaccus (6.140).
[T.H.D]Thyssagĕtae
(Θυσσαγέται). A people of Sarmatia Asiatica, on the eastern shores of the Palus Maeotis (Sea of Azov) (Herod. iv. 122).
Thyssagetae
Thyssagetae, a people N.E. of Scythia
- living by hunting: Hdt. 4.22, Hdt. 4.123