Oktamasades usurped the throne from his father, and then found himself in a war against Leukon,[8] a Bosporan king and ally of his father. Leukon had managed to drive Oktamasades into Scythia after a single battle, in which reportedly Leukon said that he “made a vow to erect a victory monument, but not to the local Apollo of Labrys, but to the supreme deity and patron of all the Bosporans, Apollo the Healer."[9] Leukon then persuaded Hekataios to resign the throne and give it to him instead, which Hekataios is said to have agreed to. This would make the Sindike Kingdom the Asiatic portion of the Bosporan Kingdom, under which Gorgippos would rule.