Arrechi

The Arrechi (Greek: Ἀρρηχοί) were an ancient tribe of the Maeotae, on the east coast of the Palus Maeotis. (Strabo xi. 2. 11; Steph. B. s. v.; Plin. vi. 7.) Strabo places them among the Maeotae, Sindi, Dandarii, Toreatae, Agri, Tarpetes, Obidiaceni, Sittaceni, Dosci, and Aspurgiani, among others. (Strab. l.c.)

They are probably the same as the Arichi (Greek: Ἀριχοί) of Ptolemy (v. 9. § 18).

The Arrechi - is one of the Maeotae tribes, who lived in the first millennium b.c. on the east and the south-eastern coast of the Azov sea. Russian scientists, archeologists, historians and ethnographers in the Soviet period it was concluded - Maeotae this is one of the names of the tribes Adyghe people (Circassians).

In the Great Soviet Encyclopedia (in article Adyghe people) written^[1] «Living in the basin of the river Kuban" part of the tribes (Adyghe people), as a rule, be indicated (names) of ancient historians under the collective name "Maeotae"».

In the Great Soviet Encyclopedia (in article Maeotae) written^[2].«Maeotae were engaged in farming and fishing. Part of the Maeotae by the language was akin to the a adygs (circassians), the part of the iranians. In the 4-3 centuries bc many of Maeotae included in the composition of the Bosporan kingdom».

References

•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed (1854–57). "^{article name needed}". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.