Scyth

The Scythians are the stupidest of men, and yet the wise Anacharsis was a Scyth.

The Defense Apuleius 2008

The Scythians are the stupidest of men, and yet the wise Anacharsis was a Scyth.

The Defense Apuleius 2008

Scyth like tails grazing the grass just above my head.

avanery Diary Entry avanery 2005

This day was the cause that Parthia still owes thee a fierce revenge, that freedom flying from the crimes of citizens has withdrawn behind Tigris and the Rhine, ne'er to return, and, sought so oft by us with our life's blood, wanders the prize of German and of Scyth, and hath no further care for Ausonia.

Post-Augustan Poetry From Seneca to Juvenal Harold Edgeworth Butler 1914

Scythian, we can hardly expect to find records either of his conquest or the subsequent career of the Medes, even though Ecbatana should be laid bare below the site of modern Hamadan; for the predatory Scyth, like the mediaeval Mongol, halted too short a time to desire to carve stones, and probably lacked skill to inscribe them.

The Ancient East 1894

The latter marked by their peaked cap and their loose trousers, fight with the bow and the battle-axe, the former with the bow and the sword One Scyth is receiving his death-wound, the other is about to let loose a shaft, but seems at the same time half inclined to fly The steady confidence of the warriors on the one side contrasts well with the timidity and hesitancy of their weaker and smaller rivals.

The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 5. (of 7): Persia The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian or New Persian Empire; With Maps and Illustrations. George Rawlinson 1857

Particular care in buying this Scyth, Let it be as Strong & good as money will Fetch, I had one come in two or three

Letter from Robert Carter to Thomas Evans, August 3, 1723 1723