Tirgatao

Tirgatao was a princess of the Maeotes mentioned by Polyaenus. She was the first wife of the Sindian king Hecataeus, and was a notable participant of the Bosporan wars of expansion.

Name

The name Tirgataō is the Hellenisation of the Scythian language name *Tigratavā, meaning "with the strength of an arrow."

In the texts

Polyaenus tells us the story of Tirgatao in his book Stratagems: