# Zoltes

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**Zoltes** was a chief of the southern [Thracians](/source/Thracians), living in the [Haemus](/source/Haemus_Mons) mountains area. Leading small groups, he often made incursions into the [Pontic](/source/Pontic_Greeks) cities and within their territories. He attacked the city of [Histria](/source/Histria_(Sinoe)), calling off the siege only after having received 7500 drachmas and 5 talents (approx. 30000 drachmas).[1]

## Etymology

In [Baltic mythology](/source/Baltic_mythology), the grass snake ([Lithuanian](/source/Lithuanian_language): [žaltys](/source/%C5%BDaltys), [Latvian](/source/Latvian_language): zalktis) is seen as a sacred animal.[2][3]

## References

1. PIPPIDI, D. M., Inscripţile din Scythia minor greceşti şi latine, volumul I, Histria şi împrejurinile, Bucarest, 1983, n°15

1. Lūvena, Ivonne. "Egle — zalkša līgava. Pasaka par zalkti — baltu identitāti veidojošs stāsts" [Spruce – the Bride of the Grass Snake. The Folk Tale about Grass Snake as a Story of Baltic Identity]. In: *LATVIJAS UNIVERSITĀTES raksti. n. 732: Literatūrzinātne, folkloristika, māksla*. Rīga: LU Akadēmiskais apgāds, 2008. p. 16-22.

1. Eckert, Rainer (1998). "On the Cult of the Snake in Ancient Baltic and Slavic Tradition (based on language material from the Latvian folksongs)". *Zeitschrift für Slawistik*. **43** (1): 94–100. [doi:10.1524/slaw.1998.43.1.94](https://doi.org/10.1524/slaw.1998.43.1.94). [S2CID 171032008](https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:171032008)

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