Hecataeus of the Sindi

Hecataeus
King of the Sindica Kingdom
Reigncirca. 405-379 BC
PredecessorUnknown
SuccessorLeucon I
BornUnknown
Sindica Kingdom
DiedUnknown
Unknown
Consort
IssueOctamasades
GreekἙκαταίος
HouseUnknown
FatherUnknown
MotherUnknown

Hecataeus (Ancient Greek: Ἑκαταίος, romanizedHekataios) 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.

  1. ^ Polyaenus. Strategems 6.9.1. king of the Sindi, a people who live a little above the Bosphorus.
  2. ^ Polyaenus. Strategems 6.9.1.
  3. ^ Polyaenus. Strategems 6.9.1. At last she reached the country of the Ixomatae, where her own family possessed the throne