Thomȳris

, called also Tamyris, Tameris, Thamyris, and To meris, was queen of the Ma a getæ. After her husband’s death, she marched against Cyrus, who wished to invade her territories, cut his army to pieces, and killed him on the spot. The barbarous queen ordered the head of the fallen monarch to be cut off and thrown into a ve el full of human blood, with the insulting words of satia te sanguine quem sitisti . Her son had been conquered by Cyrus before she marched herself at the head of her armies. Hero dot us , bk. 1 , ch. 205 .— Justin , bk. 1 , ch. 8 .— Tibullus , bk. 4 , poem 1, li. 143 .