Scythia
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| - | '''Scythia''' was the [[Greco-Roman world|Graeco-Roman]] name for a [[region]] of [[Eastern Europe]] corresponding to the [[Pontic–Caspian steppe|Pontic steppe]], which in antiquity was inhabited by the [[Scythians]], who were an ancient [[Eastern Iranian languages|Eastern]] [[Iranian peoples|Iranian]] [[Equestrianism|equestrian]] [[Eurasian nomads|nomadic]] people. | + | '''Scythia''' was the [[Greco-Roman world|Graeco-Roman]] name for a [[region]] of [[Eastern Europe]] corresponding to the [[Pontic–Caspian steppe|Pontic steppe]], which in antiquity was inhabited by the Scythians, who were an ancient [[Eastern Iranian languages|Eastern]] [[Iranian peoples|Iranian]] [[Equestrianism|equestrian]] [[Eurasian nomads|nomadic]] people. |
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"Concerning the Sauromatæ the following account is given. When the Grecians had fought with the Amazons, the Greeks, having been victorious in the battle at the Thermodon, sailed away, taking with them in three ships as many Amazons as they had been able to take alive ; but the Amazons attacking them out at sea, cut the men to pieces."--Herodotus |
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Scythia was the Graeco-Roman name for a region of Eastern Europe corresponding to the Pontic steppe, which in antiquity was inhabited by the Scythians, who were an ancient Eastern Iranian equestrian nomadic people.
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Further reading
- Ovid's poems Tristia and Epistulae ex Ponto about his exile in Tomis contain some details of Scythia.
- Lucian's Toxaris tells stories of Scythian friendship and heroism.
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