Scythes
Scythes (
The Zanclaeans had contacted Ionian leaders to invite colonists to join them in founding a new city on the Kale Acte (Καλὴ Ἀκτή), or north shore of Sicily. This offer had been accepted by a large number of Samians, together with some exiles from Miletus.
But when the colonists arrived at
However, Hippocrates proved to be just as untrustworthy as the Samians. On his arrival, he placed Scythes and his brother, Pythogenes, in chains and sent them as prisoners to Inycum. He then betrayed his allies the Zanclaeans so that they fell into the hands of the Samians.
Scythes, however, was able to escape from Inycum and made his way to
Some time afterwards, Scythes was able to visit his native city, but again had to return to the
Scythes is thought by some writers, including Perizonius, to have been the father of Cadmus of Kos.[1][5] Others, such as Lodewijk Caspar Valckenaer, suppose that Scythes was the uncle of another Scythes in Kos, who was the father of Cadmus.[6]
References
- ^ a b Smith, William (1867). "Scythes (1)". In Smith, William (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. 3. Boston: Little, Brown and Company. pp. 762–763.
- ^ Holm, Adolf (1902). The History of Greece: from Its Commencement to the Close of the Independence of the Greek Nation. London: Macmillan & Co. p. 79.
- ^ Herodotus, vi. 23, 24
- ^ Claudius Aelianus, Varia Historia viii. 17
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- ^ Larcher, Pierre Henri (1844). Larcher's Notes on Herodotus: Historical and Critical Comments on the History of Herodotus. London: Whittaker & Co. pp. 196.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1870). "Scythes". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.