Nisos and Damaris



Nisos and Damaris (Ancient Greek: Νῖσος και Δάμαρις) were Greek names given to the sibling rulers of an ancient Siberian tribal confederation named Hyperbosia. They were encountered by explorer Leotychidas of Antioch on the sixth month of his second expedition, and according to the latter's account they shared interest in the expedition alongside their people, the Hyperbosians, and treated them well. From their dialogues with Leotychidas, they were credited with bringing about literacy and writing to their people, making the Hyperbosians the first Siberian people to ever produce written manuscripts in an alphabet inspired by those of the Greeks.