Spargapises
Σπαργαπίσης
(Σπαργαπίσης), son of Tomyris, queen of the Massagetae, was surprised and taken prisoner by Cyrus, when, according to the account of Herodotus, he invaded that territory in B. C. 529. The young prince, overwhelmed by his calamity, put an end to his own life (Hdt. 1.211-213; compare Strab. xi. p.512; Justin, 1.8.)
From William Smith (ed.), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Text provided under a CC BY-SA license by Perseus Digital Library, http://www.perseus.tufts.edu, with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities and Tufts University. Data accessed from https://github.com/PerseusDL/canonical-pdlrefwk/ on 17 October 2026.