Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika
Massagetai: a people of the Scythians, where Kyros died. The feminine is said Massagetis, perhaps also because of the metre.
External translation supplied by Brady Kiesling; reported Claude Fable 5.5 translation. Credit: Brady Kiesling and the Stephanos project (Greg Baker, Gabriel Jower, Greta Hawes, Brady Kiesling). Not individually verified; exact Greek input not supplied.
Stephanos excerpt (left) is aligned with matched Herodian passages (right). Colors indicate corresponding overlap spans.
Μασσαγέται, ἔθνος Σκυθῶν, ἔνθα Κῦρος ἐτελεύτησε. τὸ θηλυκὸν λέγεται Μασσαγῆτις καὶ ἴσως διὰ τὸ μέτρον.
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