Histories

Herodotus

Herodotus. Godley, Alfred Denis, translator. Cambridge, MA; London: Harvard University Press; William Heinemann, Ltd., 1920-1925 (printing).

For the Scythians, as I have said before, ruled upper Asia (continent)Asia [*](That is, the eastern highlands of the Persian empire.) for twenty-eight years; they invaded Asia (continent)Asia in their pursuit of the Cimmerians, and ended the power of the Medes, who were the rulers of Asia (continent)Asia before the Scythians came.