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23 entries for the statement from Scythians

μ727Μεταποίνιονretributive, after-punishing… a dactylo-epitritic meter, must be a fragment of a longer statement, probably from choral poetry -- cf. pi 3092 where the abridged gnomic statement (in the nominative) di/kh metapoi/nios occurs. The source of the …Matched in noteshighshort
α2620ἈντέαςAnteasAnteas (or Ateas) was the Scythian king who wrote a defiant letter to Philip II of Macedon in the C4 BCE: see Plutarch, Moralia 174E (in Sayings of Kings and Commanders).Matched in noteshighshort
ε1690Ἐξείηit was permissible… indirect discourse, to represent a present indicative in the direct statement. [2] Xenophon, Anabasis 4.3.10 (web address 1).Matched in noteshighshort
μ448ΜελάμπουςMelampous, Melampus… cf. PG 36.1009b. (Note however that at sigma 1376 this statement is differently worded and appears to be connected -- by ga/r, not de/ -- with the remark about Melampus and Polles.)Matched in noteshighshort
ε3367Εὐάθλους δέκαten Euathloi, ten Euathlus-es… in the second line; perhaps eu)ru/prwktos. [3] A body of Scythian archers (one of whom appears as a character in Aristophanes' Thesmophoriazusae) kept order in the Assembly and elsewhere. For Euathlus see also Aristophanes, …Matched in noteshighshort
λ145ΛατρεύωI worship… significant differences: the verb governs dative, not accusative, and a statement about what the impious do has become one about what the pious do not do. Both of these elements can in fact be …Matched in noteshighshort
κ325ΚαππάδοξKappadokian, Cappadocian… have omega for the vowel in the final syllable. This statement is not completely true; exceptions include flo/c ('flame' or 'phlox'), pa/ndoc ('innkeeper'), and a)/loc ('furrow'). [2] Not identified by Adler, but identifiable via …Matched in noteshighshort
α441Ἀδελφειόςbrother… = alpha 1423. (It is omitted in mss. GIT.) This statement (and alpha 1423) seems to be a conflation of information from the historian Nicolaus of Damascus. It was Sadyattes (father of our Alyattes) …Matched in noteshighshort
μ811Μετριοπαθεῖνto feel moderately, to treat gently… is preferable to a)pa/qeia). However, the actual source of this statement is Diogenes Laertius 5.31; see Theodoridis' Photius edition, vol.II p.LXXV.Matched in noteshighshort
α1423ἈλυάττηςAlyattesc.610-560. See generally OCD(4) s.v. (pp.66-7). [1] This statement (already at alpha 441) seems to be a conflation of information given by the historian Nicolaus of Damascus (nu 393). The main part of the …Matched in noteshighmedium
ει132Εἵλωςhelot… = citizen of Athens. [3] In fact, even if this statement were true, they would not be descendants of captives in war in general, but only of the original Helots, supposedly the previous inhabitants …Matched in noteshighshort
α4084ἈρχέλαοςArchelaos, Archelaus… ethics imposed by Socrates); but Clement of Alexandria construed the statement as applying not to Archelaos but to Anaxagoras, and the Loeb editor of DL, R.D. Hicks, translates accordingly. [3] That Archelaos was a …Matched in noteshighmedium
β556ΒρουμάλιαBrumalia… gra/mmatos: "right up to the last letter". [3] A false statement, as the name of the festival is clearly related to Latin bruma (shortest day, winter solstice) [from brevis] 'winter', 'storm'). The author is …Matched in noteshighmedium
β233ΒελισάριοςBelisarius, Belisarios… Not in Procopius' account. Probably a summary of Procopius' closing statement: "Furthermore, he possessed the virtue of self-restraint in a marvellous degree; and hence it was that he never would touch any woman other …Matched in noteshighmedium
λ267ΛέωνLeon, Leo… [2] The Greek word for "reputation" here, do/can, links this statement clearly back to "he seemed" which is e)/doce in the Greek. [3] This, as well as the second mention of Malchus below, indicates …Matched in noteshighmedium
α4426Αὐθέντηςperpetrator[1] What this four-word statement means is less than self-evident. However, since the present headword does not occur in the extant works of Isocrates, whereas the first glossing term au)to/xeir does (4.111, 5.150, 14.29, …Matched in noteshighmedium
κ391ΚαρῖνοςKarinos, Carinus… demise of Carinus (Blockley, vol. II, pp. 12-13) or a statement of his ambiguous legacy; cf. Müller FHG (4.601).Matched in noteshighmedium
α1121ἈλέξανδροςAlexander, Alexandros… OCD(4) pp.56-58. The present entry on him, after the introductory statement, brings together extracts from Arrian and other sources. [1] A rounded-up version of the 32 years and 8 months given by Arrian, Anabasis …Matched in noteshighlong
κ2161Κοτίνου στεφάνῳwith a wreath of wild olive… Lucian recalls the primacy of excellence over monetary gain. The Scythian Anacharsis voices his wonderment at the punishments contestants endure for readily available celery, and Solon replies: "Best of men, we do not look …Matched in noteshighmedium
λ323Λευκὴ ἡμέραwhite day, brilliant day… infinitives stand for imperfect in direct speech, hence the general statements are in past time. [3] cf. Zenobius 6.13; and see again at tau 868 (also epsilon 2040, lambda 322).Matched in noteshighmedium
α962Ἀκρατοπότηςunmixed-wine-drinker… Cleomenes of Sparta, who picked up this habit from the Scythians: Herodotus 6.84; cf. Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 10.427B-C (10.29 Kaibel), 10.436E (10.48 Kaibel); Aelian, Varia Historia 2.41. But see also under zeta 163, kappa 203.Matched in noteshighshort
ε1087Ἐνάγειleads in, leads on… mainly post-classical, but there are two in Herodotus (4.79.3, the Scythians disapprove of Bacchic rites because it is unreasonable to worship a god who e)na/gei men to madness; 5.49.8, eagerness for gold and silver …Matched in noteshighshort
ε3877Ἐφέταιephetai, ephetae… also epsilon 3876 and epsilon 3878 (which contain more controversial statements than does the present one).Matched in noteshighshort

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