The Hamaxobii (Ancient Greek: Ἁμαξόβιοι), Anglicized Hamaxobians or Amaxobians, were a nomadic tribe who lived in chariots with leather tents mounted on them. They were Scythians. They were said to be descendants of the Medes.
They lived near the Palus Maeotis. Claudius Ptolemy places them along the Vistula river.
Name
The word is compounded of Greek ἄμαξα ("chariot"), and βίος ("life").
References
- Constable, Archibald (1823). Encyclopædia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, Enlarged and Improved, Volume 10 (6 ed.). University of Michigan. p. 233.
- "Hămaxŏbĭi". Archimedes.fas.harvard.edu/. Archived from the original on 8 November 2016. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
- Turner, Richard (1779). A View of the Earth as it was known to the Ancients, being a short but comprehensive system of classical geography. The British Library. p. 22.
- Peck, Harry. "Harry Thurston Peck, Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898), H, Hamaxobii, Hamaxobii". www.perseus.tufts.edu. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
- Piccolomini, Aeneas; Bisaha, Nancy (2013). Europe (c. 1400-1458). Washington, D.C.: The Catholic University of America Press. p. 149. ISBN 9780813221823.
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