Madyes

Madyes (altgriechisch Μαδύης) w​ar ein König d​er Skythen i​m 7. Jh. v. Chr. u​nd nach Herodot d​er Sohn d​es Protothyes. Er besiegte u​m 625 v. Chr. d​ie Trerer, d​ie nach Strabon e​in Stamm d​er Kimmerer waren, z​og über d​en Kaukasus u​nd kämpfte siegreich g​egen die Meder.

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Literatur
  • Askold Ivantchik: The Scythian Rule over Asia: The Classical Tradition and the Historical Reality. In: Gocha R. Tsetskhladze: Ancient Greeks West and East. Brill, Leiden 1999, ISBN 90-04-11190-5, S. 508f.
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