Hecataeus (Ancient Greek: Ἑκαταίος, romanized: Hekataios) was the King of the Ancient Sintis (Sindis) throughout the reigns of both Satyrus I and Leucon...

Hecataeus (Ἑκαταῖος) is a Greek name shared by several historical figures: Hecataeus of Miletus (born c. 550 BC), historian Hecataeus of the Sindi (r....

the story of Tirgatao in his book Stratagems: Tirgatao of Maeotis married Hecataeus, king of the Sindi, a people who live a little above the Bosphorus...

problems with the Sindi. According to Polyaenus, the problems arose because Satyrus I had offered his daughter to Hecactaeus, the king of the Sindi, but had...

century BC, the town thrived on the trade with the Scythians and Sindi. Located on an island in the ancient archipelago of Corocondamitis, between the Black...

dispute between Hecataeus, the king of the Sindi, and his son, Octamasades who had taken power from his father. Before the Battle of Labrytai, Leucon...

was briefly a king of the Scythian/North-Caucasian tribe of the Sintis and a son of Hecataeus and Tirgatao. He usurped the throne from his father...

of the earth" chōrographia, "description of the land" periēgēsis, "an outline" periodos gēs, "circuit of the earth" periodeia tēs chōrās, "circuit of...

began with queen Tirgatao of the Maeotians, who had been wronged by Satyrus earlier on in diplomatic relations with Hecataeus. Additionally, he seems to...

centuries BC. By the Hellenistic period, authors such as Hecataeus of Miletus however sometimes extended the designation "Scythians" indiscriminately to all steppe...