Targitaos

Family: Scythian · Role: first man in Scythia · First appears: Book 4 · §1–9

Life events

• Targitaos was said to have been born from Zeus and the daughter of the river Borysthenes.(Book 4 · §1–9)
  • With: Zeus
  • “of this Targitaos they say, though I do not believe it for my part, however they say the parents were Zeus and the daughter of the river Borysthenes.”
• Targitaos fathered three sons: Lipoxaïs, Arpoxaïs, and Colaxaïs.(Book 4 · §1–9)
  • With: Lipoxaïs Arpoxaïs Colaxaïs
  • “Targitaos, they report, was produced from some such origin as this, and of him were begotten three sons, Lipoxaïs and Arpoxaïs and the youngest Colaxaïs.”

Book 4 · §1–9

• parent: Zeus “and of this Targitaos they say, though I do not believe it for my part, however they say the parents were Zeus and the daughter of the river Borysthenes.”
• child: Lipoxaïs “Targitaos, they report, was produced from some such origin as this, and of him were begotten three sons, Lipoxaïs and Arpoxaïs and the youngest Colaxaïs.”
• child: Arpoxaïs “Targitaos, they report, was produced from some such origin as this, and of him were begotten three sons, Lipoxaïs and Arpoxaïs and the youngest Colaxaïs.”
• child: Colaxaïs “Targitaos, they report, was produced from some such origin as this, and of him were begotten three sons, Lipoxaïs and Arpoxaïs and the youngest Colaxaïs.”

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