Scythian · mortal · historical; mid 5th c. BCE, king of the Scythians, son of Ariapeithes · mortal
Historical king (mortal tier); the second of Herodotos' two cautionary tales (with Anacharsis) on Scythian rejection of foreign cult, here specifically the Greek god Dionysos. His existence is corroborated by a 5th-c. BCE gold finger-ring inscribed with his name.