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 Testimonia — Greek 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 Translation — A 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 World — Strabo's Geography places the Saka, Massagetae, Dahae, Tochari, and Ariana inside a single eastern Iranian geographical field.