Tomyris
Tŏmyris, is, f., = Τόμυρις,
- a Scythian queen, by whom the elder Cyrus was defeated and slain, Just. 1, 8; Tib. 3, 7, 143; Val. Max. 9, 10, ext. 1.—Called also Tămyris or Tămĭris, Front. Strat. 2, 5; and Thămyris, Val. Max. 9, 10.
Tomyris (in Hdschrn. auch Thomyris, Tamyris, Thamyris), is, Akk. in, f. (Τόμυρις), eine szythische Königin, die den persischen König Cyrus besiegt und getötet haben soll, Tibull. 4, 1, 143. Frontin. 2, 5, 5. Val. Max. 9, 10. ext. 1. Iustin. 1, 8, 1 sqq.
Tŏmўris (Τόμυρις), et Thămўris, is, f. , reine des Massagètes : Tib. 4, 143 ; Val. Max. 9, 10, 1.
Tomyris
(Τόμυρις). A queen of the Massagetae, by whom the elder Cyrus was slain in battle, B.C. 529 (Herod. i. 205-214). See Cyrus.
Tomyris
Tomyris, queen of the Massagetae
- her proposal to the invading Persians: Hdt. 1.205, Hdt. 1.206
- her victory over Cyrus and revenge for her son: Hdt. 1.212-214