people
the Scythians
Scythians
The roving nomads of the northern steppe beyond the Pontus, named among the far peoples who came to Troy's aid.
Reading notes
- Moral Letters to Lucilius §14.90.16 Scythians
The nomadic peoples of the steppes north of the Black Sea, proverbial at Rome for a hardy, primitive life close to nature.
- Moral Letters to Lucilius §20.124.22 Scythians
The nomads of the northern steppes, cited for wearing the hair scattered — three exotic coiffures no finer than a horse's mane.
- Phaedra §163 Scythian
The Scythians, nomads of the far north, a byword for savagery.
- Thyestes §627 Scythians
Nomadic peoples of the northern steppes who roam without fixed home.
- The Trojan Women §1 Scythians
The roving nomads of the northern steppe beyond the Pontus, allies who came to Troy's aid.