Histories

The assembled kings were those of the Tauri, Agathyrsi, Neuri, Maneaters, Black-cloaks, Geloni, Budini, and Sauromatae.

Among these, the Tauri have the following customs: all ship-wrecked men, and any Greeks whom they capture in their sea-raids, they sacrifice to the Virgin goddess[*](A deity locally worshipped, identified by the Greeks with Artemis.) as I will describe: after the first rites of sacrifice, they strike the victim on the head with a club;