Re: [tied] Re: Scythian tribal names

From: Piotr Gasiorowski
Message: 11422
Date: 2001-11-22

No, massa Torsten. The Massagetae were the Big Sakas; and the Thyssagetae were the Mighty Sakas. BTW, the name Saka also has to do with power (cf. Old Indo-Aryan s'aknoti 'is able') -- no false modesty in the steppes.
 
Piotr
 
 
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From: tgpedersen@...
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Sent: Thursday, November 22, 2001 6:11 PM
Subject: [tied] Re: Scythian tribal names

Aha! So that means the Massagetae were not a kind of Getae, but rather a confederation of masseurs?