Ἰαζύγων

Iazyges

Translated by Anne Mahoney12 Dec 1999Vetting: high5 revisions

4 words

Name of a people.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἰαζύγων· ὄνομα ἔθνους.

Betacode

*)iazu/gwn: o)/noma e)/qnous.

Here in the genitive plural (evidently quoted from somewhere; cf. eta 407). They were a Sarmatian nomadic group located near the Danube; see Strabo 7.2.4, generally OCD(4) 723 (and 1319 s.v. Sarmatae), and cf. nu 269.