Spargapises

This article is about the prince of the Massagetae. For other Scythic royalty, see Spargapeithes.
Spargapises
Died530 BCE
SakaSpargapis
MotherTomyris
ReligionScythian religion
OccupationArmy general
“Cyrus Defeats Spargapises,” from The Story of Cyrus, Adapted from designs by Michiel Coxie (1499–1592), Woven at the workshop of Albert Auwercx (1629–1709)
Queen Tomyris learns that her son Spargapises has been taken alive by Cyrus, by Jan Moy (1535-1550).

Spargapises (Saka: *Spargapis;[1][2][3][4][5] Ancient Greek: Σπαργαπισης, romanized: Spargapisēs; Latin: Spargapises; d. 530 BCE) was the son of queen Tomyris of the Massagetai.[6]

  1. ^ Hinz 1975, p. 226.
  2. ^ Schmitt, Rüdiger (2018). "SCYTHIAN LANGUAGE". Encyclopædia Iranica.
  3. ^ Kullanda 2014, p. 81.
  4. ^ Schmitt 2003.
  5. ^ Schmitt 2011.
  6. ^ Schmitt, Rüdiger (2018). "MASSAGETAE". Encyclopædia Iranica.