Thyssagetae

Thyssagetae were an ancient tribe described by Herodotus [Herodotus. "Histories", 4.22. "...after the desert, if one inclines somewhat to the east, the Thyssagetae are reached, a numerous nation quite distinct from any other, and living by the chase."] as occupying a district to the north-east of Scythia (present-day Russia) separated from the Budini by a desert seven days journey broad, perhaps the Voguls. From their land four rivers flowed into the Maeotis, but as one of them, the Oarus, is almost certainly the Volga, there must be some mistake about this. They seem to have held the southern end of the Urals about "TJfa" and Orenburg.

ee also

*Massagetae

References

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*1911