Ariapeithes

Ariapeithes
King of the Scythians
Reign	c. 450 BCE
Predecessor	Idanthyrsus (?)
Successor	Skula
Spouses	unnamed Greek woman unnamed Thracian princess Hupāyā
Issue	Skula Uxtamazatā Varika
Scythian	Ariyapaiϑah
Religion	Scythian religion

Ariapeithes (Scythian: Ariyapaiϑah;[1][2][3][4] Ancient Greek: Αριαπειθης, romanized: Ariapeithēs) was a king of the Scythians in the early 5th century BCE.[5]

Name

Ariapeithes's name originates from the Scythian name *Ariyapaiϑah, and is composed of the terms *Ariya-, meaning "Aryan" and "Iranian," and *paiϑah-, meaning "decoration" and "adornment."[1][2][3][4]

Life

Ariyapaiϑah had three wives, each of whom bore him one son:[6]

• an unnamed Greek woman from Istria, who became the mother of Skula
• an unnamed daughter of the Thracian king Tērēs I, who became the mother of Uxtamazatā
• a Scythian woman named Hupāyā (Ancient Greek: Οποιη, romanized: Opoiē; Latin: Opoea), who became the mother of Varika (Ancient Greek: Ορικος, romanized: Orikos; Latin: Oricus)

Death

Ariyapaiϑah was treacherously killed by Spargapaiϑah, the king of the Agathyrsi,[7] after which Skula became the king of the Scythians, and took his stepmother Hupāyā as one of his wives.[6]

References

1. Hinz 1975, p. 40.
2. Schmitt 2003.
3. Schmitt, Rüdiger (2018). "SCYTHIAN LANGUAGE". Encyclopædia Iranica.
4. Schmitt 2011.
5. Peter, Ulrike. "Ariapeithes". Brill's New Pauly. Brill Publishers. Retrieved 2018-08-16.
6. Rolle 1989, p. 123.
7. Sherwin-White & Kuhrt 1993, p. 145.

Sources

• Hinz, Walther [in German] (1975). Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberleiferung [Old Iranian Language from Collateral Sources] (in German). Wiesbaden, Germany: Harrassowitz. ISBN 3-447-01703-1.
• Rolle, Renate (1989). The World of the Scythians. Berkeley, United States: University of California Press. p. 123. ISBN 978-0-520-06864-3.
• Schmitt, Rüdiger (2003). "Die skythischen Personennamen bei Herodot" [Scythian Personal Names in Herodotus] (PDF). Annali dell'Università degli Studi di Napoli l'Orientale (in German). 63: 1–31. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
• Schmitt, Rüdiger (2011). Iranisches Personennamenbuch [Book of Iranian Personal Names] (in German). Vol. 5.5a. Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. pp. 341–342. ISBN 978-3-700-17142-3.
• Sherwin-White, Susan M.; Kuhrt, Amélie (1993). From Samarkhand to Sardis: A New Approach to the Seleucid Empire. Berkeley, United States: University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-08183-3.

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William (1870). "Ariapeithes". In Smith, William (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. 1. p. 284.

Ariyapaiϑah
Regnal titles
Preceded by Idanthyrsus (?)	King of the Scythians c. 450 BCE	Succeeded by Skula