Spargapises
Sign in to savethumb|“Cyrus Defeats Spargapises,” from The Story of Cyrus, Adapted from designs by Michiel Coxie (1499–1592), Woven at the workshop of Albert Auwercx (1629–1709) thumb|Queen Tomyris learns that her son Spargapises has been taken alive by Cyrus, by Jan Moy (1535-1550). Spargapises (Saka: ; ; ; ) was the son of queen Tomyris of the Massagetai.
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8 sectionsContents
- Name
- Life
- Background
- War against Persia
- Death
- Aftermath
- Notes
- Sources
thumb|“Cyrus Defeats Spargapises,” from The Story of Cyrus, Adapted from designs by Michiel Coxie (1499–1592), Woven at the workshop of Albert Auwercx (1629–1709) thumb|Queen Tomyris learns that her son Spargapises has been taken alive by Cyrus, by Jan Moy (1535-1550). Spargapises (Saka: ; ; ; ) was the son of queen Tomyris of the Massagetai.
== Name == () is a Hellenisation of the Saka name , and is composed of the terms , meaning “scion” and “descendant,” and , meaning “decoration” and “adornment.”