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Greek Philosophical Sources
Greek philosophical and ethnographic testimonia for Anacharsis, the Saka, and the intellectual afterlife of the Scythian world.
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Anacharsis the Philosopher — Greek TestimoniaGreek testimonia on Anacharsis the Scythian present a royal Scythian as bilingual philosopher, critic of Greek custom, and dangerous mediator between worlds.Dio Chrysostom -- Borysthenes, Scythians, Achilles, and the Magian Myth -- Good Works TranslationA selected Good Works Translation from Dio Chrysostom's Borysthenitic Discourse, preserving Olbia/Borysthenes, Scythian pressure, Sauromatian warfare, Achilles worship, Homeric memory, and the Magian chariot myth.Strabo — Ariana and the Saka WorldStrabo's Geography places the Saka, Massagetae, Dahae, Tochari, and Ariana inside a single eastern Iranian geographical field.