Hecataeus | |
---|---|
King of the Sindica Kingdom | |
Reign | circa. 405-379 BC |
Predecessor | Unknown |
Successor | Leucon I |
Born | Unknown Sindica Kingdom |
Died | Unknown Unknown |
Consort | |
Issue | Octamasades |
Greek | Ἑκαταίος |
House | Unknown |
Father | Unknown |
Mother | Unknown |
Hecataeus (Ancient Greek: Ἑκαταίος, romanized: Hekataios) was the King of the Ancient Sintis (Sindis[1]) throughout the reigns of both Satyrus I and Leucon I of the Bosporan Kingdom.[2]
He was married to Tirgatao, a powerful Maeotian princess from the tribe of the Ixomatae and to a daughter of Satyrus.[3]
He was also the father of Octamasades, who would later usurp the throne from his father, after which Leucon, seeing an opportunity to annex Sindike, waged war on Octamasades.
king of the Sindi, a people who live a little above the Bosphorus.
At last she reached the country of the Ixomatae, where her own family possessed the throne