ε2255Ἐπὶ βύρσης ἐκαθέζετο
he was sitting on a hide
This used to be performed among Scythians. Whenever someone was wronged by another, but wished to defend himself and thought himself not equal alone in combat, he sacrificed an ox, cut the flesh into pieces, and boiled…
Ἐπὶ βύρσης ἐκαθέζετο· τοῦτο παρὰ Σκύθαις ἐτελεῖτο. ἐπειδάν τις ἠδικεῖτο πρὸς ἑτέρου, ἀμύνασθαι δὲ βουλόμενος ἑαυτὸν οὐκ ἀξιόμαχον μόνον ᾤετο, βοῦν ἱερεύσας, τὰ μὲν κρέα κατακόψας…