Yandis (or Iandis , ancient Greek ΄Ιανδυσου ) is the legendary Scythian king mentioned by the ancient historian Arrian in his work The History of Parthia (Parthiaka in 17 books, only quotes and passages from later authors [1] .
According to Arrian, the Scythian king Yandis lived during the legendary Egyptian king Sesostris , and it was with them that the Parfian tribe moved from Scythia to the region they now occupy ( Parthia ). [2]
A number of ancient authors, beginning with Herodot , mentioned Sesostris's campaign against the Scythians, but the name of the Scythian king is usually not mentioned. Herodot, who first reported this legendary campaign, [3] writes: “Sesostris passed through the mainland until he moved from Asia to Europe and broke the Scythians and the Thracians. I think that the Egyptian army didn’t go further than the Scythians and the Thracians, because the same steles were installed on their land, and then they are not found. From here he turned and walked back, and then found himself on the Phasis River. ” [4] The name of the Scythian king Yandis, a contemporary of Sesostris, is mentioned only in Arrian.
See also
- Tanais
- Sesostris
- Vezosis
Notes
- ↑ See. Antique writers: Arrian )
- ↑ Latyshev V.V. Proceedings of the ancient writers about Scythia and the Caucasus. Volume 1. SPb., 1890, p. 522
- ↑ Askold Ivanchik . On the eve of colonization. Northern Pontic and steppe nomads VIII-VII centuries. BC.
- ↑ Herodotus . History, II, 103.