Skythes

Family: Sicilian · Role: ruler of the Zanclaians · First appears: Book 4 · §10–17

Life events

Heracles’s sons were born and grew to manhood.(Book 4 · §10–17)
- With: Agathyrsos Gelonos
- “when her sons had been born and had grown to be men”
The sons were named Agathyrsos, Gelonos, and Skythes.(Book 4 · §10–17)
- With: Agathyrsos Gelonos
- “calling one of them Agathyrsos and the next Gelonos and the youngest Skythes”
Skythes completed the task and remained in the land.(Book 4 · §10–17)
- “Skythes the youngest of them performed the task and remained in the land”
Skythes’s descendants became the succeeding kings of the Scythians.(Book 4 · §10–17)
- “from Skythes the son of Heracles were descended, they say, the succeeding kings of the Scythians (Skythians)”

siblings with Agathyrsos “calling one of them Agathyrsos and the next Gelonos and the youngest Skythes”
siblings with Gelonos “calling one of them Agathyrsos and the next Gelonos and the youngest Skythes”
parent: Heracles “and from Skythes the son of Heracles were descended, they say, the succeeding kings of the Scythians (Skythians)”

siblings with Pythogenes “first he put Skythes the ruler of the Zanclaians in fetters, on the ground that he had been the cause of the city being lost, and together with him his brother Pythogenes”
with Dareios (Dareios granted Skythes permission to leave.) “for he obtained leave of the king and went away to Sicily, and again came back from Sicily to the king”

Extracted from the original text of The Histories. Made with Rho MD.