WĘGRZY JAKO PARS ALIQUA GENTIS MASSAGETUM. ŚLADY PÓŹNOANTYCZNEJ I WCZESNOŚREDNIOWIECZNEJ UCZONOŚCI W DZIELE TOMASZA ARCHIDIAKONA SPLITU. Część 2. POSTRZEGANIE MASSAGETÓW. 1) KONTEKST „SCYTYJSKI”1
HUNGARIANS AS PARS ALIQUA GENTIS MASSAGETUM. SOURCES OF THE LATE ANTIC AND EARLY MEDIEVAL ERA SCHOLARSHIP IN THE WORK OF THOMAS OF SPLIT. PART 2. THE PERCEPTION OF THE MASSAGETEANS. 1) THE “SCYTHIAN” CONTEXT

Summary/Abstract: This article is a continuation of the previously published Hungarians as pars aliqua gentis Massagetum. Sources of the late antic and early medieval era scholarship in the work of Thomas of Split (SAMAI 5, 2020, 155- 195), which showed, based on Thomas of Split’s linking of the Massagetae ethnonym and the similarities between 9th century Hungarians and the Scythian peoples, the so called Scythian context, i.e. the identification in ancient and medieval writings (after ca. 1266) of the Massageteans with the land lying versus orientem.From the review of the source materials presented in this article, it is clearly visible that since the times of Herodotus the Massageteans have been linked with the Scythians, or the land known as Scythia, the borders of which differ depending on the source. While in ancient literature the location of the Massagetian lands was integrated into the "geographical realities" abounding in various ethnic and geographical names, after the 6th century that view changed and Massageteans were associated with the biblical Magog, son of Japheth and, above all, with the "Scythians", who in the background were identified with the Goths and Gets.

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