Massăgĕte

, a people of Scythia, who had their wives in common, and dwelt in tents. They had no temples, but worshipped the sun, to whom they offered horses, on account of their swiftne . When their parents had come to a certain age, they generally put them to death, and ate their flesh mixed with that of cattle. Authors are divided with respect to the place of their residence. Some place them near the Caspian sea, others at the north of the Danube, and some confound them with the Getæ and the Scythians. Horace , bk. 1 , ode 35, li. 40 .— Dionysius Periegeta , li. 738 .— Hero dot us , bk. 1 , ch. 204 .— Strabo , bk. 1 .— Mela , bk. 1 , ch. 2 .— Lucan , bk. 2 , li. 50 .— Justin , bk. 1 , ch. 8 .