Eldest Heir Lipoxais
Scythian · scion · mythic primordium · Recorded classification
Firstborn-heir tier. Failed (with Arpoxais) to lift the sky-fallen gold, which blazed at his approach; yields the kingship to the youngest. Native form unrecorded beyond Hellenised Λιπόξαϊς.
Parentage
- parent: First Man Targitaos
Domains
- tribal eponymy
Relations
- sibling: Middle Heir ArpoxaisEldest and middle of the three sons of Targitaos; both repelled by the blazing sky-fallen gold.Herodotus, Histories 4.5-7 (primary)
- sibling: Sun-King KolaxaisEldest brother of the youngest, Kolaxais, who alone could take up the burning gold and so received the kingship.Herodotus, Histories 4.5-7 (primary)
Sources
- Eldest of Targitaos' three sons; ancestor of the Scythian tribe called Auchatae.: Herodotos, Histories 4.6 (Godley) (primary)
- His name (like his brothers') ends in the Old Iranian element *xšaya 'ruling, reign'; in Dumezil's trifunctional reading the eldest brother and his line correspond to the lowest (third) productive function.: G. Dumezil, Romans de Scythie et d'alentour (1978); B. Lincoln, Nordlit 33 (2014) (secondary)