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Θυσσαγέται. Some connect the names of Thyssagetae and Massagetae, and connect both with the Getae and with the Goths (e. g. Humboldt). But this is guessing. The Thyssagetae and the Iyrkae may perhaps be Finns; they (like the Finns, Tac. Germ. 46) are in the lowest stage of civilization, mere hunters. The name Ὂαρος (c. 123) may well be Finnish ‘Rhau’ (Müllenhof, iii. 15-17). There are still Finns (Mordvinians) on the Volga near Samara.

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