Spargapeithes (Agathyrsian king)

Spargapeithes (Scythian: Spargapaiϑah; Σπαργαπειθης; Spargapeithes) was the name of a king of the Scythic tribe of the Agathyrsoi.

Name
Spargapeithes's name originates from the Scythian name *Spargapaiϑah, and is composed of the terms *sparga-, meaning “scion” and “descendant,” and *paiϑah-, meaning “decoration” and “adornment.”

The name of Spargapeithes and that of the Massagetaean prince Spargapises (Scythian: *Spargapis) are variants of the same name, and both forms, Spargapis and Spargapaiϑah, are cognates of the Avestan name Sparəγa-paēsa.

Reign
According to the Greek historian Herodotus, Spargapeithes treacherously killed the Scythian king Ariapeithes.