Arizanti
Ἀριζαντοί
Eth. Arizanti (Ἀριζαντοί, Her. 1.101), one of the six tribes of ancient Media mentioned by Herodotus. The name is derived from the Sanscrit Arya-Zantu of noble race.
(Bopp, Vergl. Gr. i. p. 213.) Chrysantas (Χρυάντας, Xen. Cyrop. 2.3. 5) is a name of similar origin and signification.
From William Smith (ed.), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. 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.