An army of this people was reportedly massacred after their enemy purposely allowed them to capture a banquet, leading that army to get wasted on wine, which they had never experienced before.
An army of this people was reportedly massacred after their enemy purposely allowed them to capture a banquet, leading that army to get wasted on wine, which they had never experienced before. Some scholars link this people to a similarly named group from the Balkans based on an Avestan prefix for "great" or "strong" in their name. A prince of this people, Spargapises, killed himself after being released from captivity upon learning of a defeat at the hands of Croesus. A queen of this people allegedly placed the (*) severed head of a defeated king into a wineskin with human blood to sate that king's bloodlust. This people successfully fended off the Persians under the leadership of Queen Tomyris. For 10 points, name this Iranian people, most famous for killing Cyrus the Great.
An army of this people was reportedly massacred after their enemy purposely allowed them to capture a banquet, leading that army to get wasted on wine, which they had never experienced before.
Massagetae