I propose to interpret the name ma-di (Nom. sg.: KN As 603 + 8157 + fr.; Db 1168 + 7168 + fr.), ma-di-jo (Gen. sg.: KH Z 3), ma-di-je (Dat. sg.: TH Av 101; Fq 214.2; 241.2; 254+255.3; 258.2; 263.2; 285.2; 309.2; 339.1; 357.2; X 204.2) as /Smārdi-s/ with the phonetic development to Σμέρδις, -ιος. The name Σμέρδις is mostly known as the name of Persian king Bardiya, son of Kyros, brother of Kambysos (Her. 3, 30-7, 78) and of the magus usurper of the Persian throne (Hdt. 3, 61-88). During the 1st millennium B. C. the name was wide spread throughout the Eastern part of Aegean: it is attested, albeit with slight modifications, in Thrace (Σμερδίης - Anth . Pal . VΙΙ, 29), Lesbos (as the person (Σμέρδης) who killed the tyrant of Mytelene, Penthilos - Aristot. Pol . 5.8. 13), Cappadocia (D. Sic. 31. 28) and as the name of king of Naxos (Σμέρδιος - D. Sic. 5, 51). It is important to remember that Greek mythological tradition makes Σμέρδιος the contemporary of Theseus. I argue also that phonetic change *Smārdis > Σμέρδ