Scythian in a sentence

After learning the Scythian language, they agreed to marry Scythian men, on the condition that they not be required to follow the customs of Scythian women.

Accounts by Herodotus of Scythian origins has been discounted recently; although his accounts of Scythian raiding activities contemporary to his writings have been deemed more reliable.

British Museum main Scythian contacts with craftsmen in Greek colonies along the northern shores of the Black Sea resulted in the famous Scythian gold adornments that feature among the most glamorous artifacts of world museums.

History Quilted leather open jackets and trousers were worn by Scythian horsemen before the 4th century BC, as can be seen on Scythian gold ornaments crafted by Greek goldsmiths.

Herodotus states that while a king or chief represented the Scythian nation in dealings with other peoples, subchiefs would also have a significant say in affairs.

The brothers had authenticated a domed-gold said to have belonged to an ancient Scythian king, but when it was revealed to be an erudite Russian goldsmith’s forgery, “everyone was laughing at us,” Adolphe recalls.

The scythian women must have seemed like incredible aberrations, ghastly even to the Greeks.

Amazons were therefore depicted in the manner of Scythian or Sarmatian horsemen.

Art Bronze Ordos culture plaque, 4th century BC; a horse attacked by a tiger Chinese jade and steatite plaques, in the Scythian-style animal art of the steppes. 4th to 3rd centuries BC.

Chinese jade and steatite plaques, in the Scythian -style animal art of the steppes. 4th–3rd century BCE.

Clothing According to Herodotus, Scythian costume consisted of padded and quilted leather trousers tucked into boots, and open tunics.

Danish philologist Rasmus Christian Rask described what he vaguely called "Scythian" languages in 1834, which included Finno-Ugric, Turkic, Samoyedic, Eskimo, Caucasian, Basque and others.

Earlier Pliny says that a large island of three days' sail from the Scythian coast called Balcia by Xenophon of Lampsacus is called Basilia by Pytheas.

Encyclopædia Britannica 15th edition – Micropaedia on "Scythian".

From them archaeologists have learned much about Scythian life and art.

He could do so now without loss of face; and in order to make the outcome acceptable to the Saccae, he released the Scythian prisoners of war without ransom in order to broker a peace agreement.

Herodotus called them Androktones ("killers of men"), and he stated that in the Scythian language they were called Oiorpata, which he asserted had this meaning.

His rough and free discourse became proverbial among Athenians as 'Scythian discourse'.

In frustration Darius sent a letter to the Scythian ruler Idanthyrsus to fight or surrender.

In the third century, they were named along with Goths as one of the most important "Scythian" groups who attacked Greece from the Black Sea by sea, and marauded around the Balkans for several years.