Histories

But according to what I heard from Tymnes, the deputy for Ariapithes, Anacharsis was an uncle of Idanthyrsus king of Scythia (region (general)), AsiaScythia, and he was the son of Gnurus, son of Lycus, son of Spargapithes. Now if Anacharsis was truly of this family, then let him know he was slain by his own brother; for Idanthyrsus was the son of Saulius, and it was Saulius who killed Anacharsis.

It is true that I have heard another story told by the Peloponnesians; namely, that Anacharsis had been sent by the king of Scythia (region (general)), AsiaScythia and had been a student of the ways of Greece [22,39] (nation), EuropeHellas, and after his return told the king who sent him that all Greeks were keen for every kind of learning, except the Lacedaemonians; but that these were the only Greeks who spoke and listened with discretion.

But this is a tale pointlessly invented by the Greeks themselves; and be this as it may, the man was put to death as I have said.

This, then, was how Anacharsis fared, owing to his foreign ways and consorting with Greeks; and a great many years afterward, Scyles, son of Ariapithes, suffered a like fate. Scyles was one of the sons born to Ariapithes, king of Scythia (region (general)), AsiaScythia; but his mother was of +Istra [14,45.25] (region (general)), Croatia, Europe Istria,[*](In what is now the +Dobruja (region (general)), Europe Dobrudja.) and not native-born; and she taught him to speak and read Greek.

As time passed, Ariapithes was treacherously killed by Spargapithes, king of the Agathyrsi, and Scyles inherited the kingship and his father's wife, a Scythian woman whose name was Opoea, and she bore Scyles a son, Oricus.

So Scyles was king of Scythia (region (general)), AsiaScythia; but he was in no way content with the Scythian way of life, and was much more inclined to Greek ways, from the upbringing that he had received. So this is what he would do: he would lead the Scythian army to the city of the Borysthenites (who say that they are Milesians), and when he arrived there would leave his army in the suburb of the city,