The
Maeotian Swamp (,
e Maiotis límne; ) was a name applied in
antiquity variously to the
swamps at the
mouth of the
Tanais River in
Scythia (the modern
Don in southern
Russia) and to the entire
Sea of Azov which it forms there. (The sea was also known as the
[] and by other names.) The people who lived around the sea were known as the
Maeotians, although it remains unclear which was named for which.