Tomyris, also called Thomyris, Tomris or Tomiride, was a sixth century BC queen of the Massagetae, a nomadic people of the Eurasian steppe. She is known only from the writings of the Greek historian Herodotus, according to whom she led her armies to defend against an attack by Cyrus the Great of the Achaemenid Empire and defeated and killed him in 530 BC. She is not mentioned in the few other early sources covering the period, especially Ctesias.
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Role
Role (category)Wikidata P106 (occupation), classified into the fixed role-category enum, w-bbfill-langhist-0926. Classification
GenderWikidata P21 (sex or gender), w-bbfill-langhist-0926. Connections
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Source Tomyris (Wikipedia)
In the Other Atlases
- Also in Geography Atlas: Kazakhstan, originated there.
Sources
1. Wikidata: Tomyris
Wikidata Q464777, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source Tomyris (Wikipedia)
In Era: Classical Antiquity, lead paragraph, lifespanQuote, In Era: Classical Antiquity, lead paragraph, lifespan
Infobox: born ; died c.|520s BC
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