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has gloss | eng: Tirgatao was a princess of the Maeotes mentioned by Polyaenus (Stratagems, 8.55). In the translation of R. Shepherd (1793): :Tirgatao of Maeotis married Hecataeus, king of the Sindi, a people who live a little above the Bosphorus. Hecataeus was expelled from his kingdom, but was reinstated on his throne by Satyrus, tyrant of Bosphorus. Satyrus gave him his daughter in marriage, and urged him to kill his former wife. As Hecataeus passionately loved the Maeotian, he could not think of killing her, but confined her to a strong castle; however, she found a way of making her escape from there. Fearing lest she should excite the Maeotians to war, Hecataeus and Satyrus made a strict search for her, which she skilfully eluded, travelling through lonely and deserted ways, hiding herself in the woods in the day, and continuing her journey in the night. |
lexicalization | eng: Tirgatao |
instance of | (noun) a member of the ancient nomadic people inhabiting Scythia Scythian |
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