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So the herald went to carry this message to Darius; but the Scythian kings were filled with anger when they heard the word “slavery”.
So the herald went to carry this message to Darius; but the Scythian kings were filled with anger when they heard the word “slavery”.
[2] They then sent the division of the
Scythians to which the
Sauromatae were attached, and which was led by
Scopasis, to speak with those
Ionians guarding the bridge over the
Ister; as for those of the
Scythians who remained behind, it was decided that they should no longer decoy the
Persians, but attack them whenever they were foraging for provision. So they watched for the time when
Darius' men were foraging, and did as they had planned.
[3] The
Scythian horse always routed the
Persian horse, and when the
Persian cavalry would fall back in flight on their infantry, the infantry would come up to their aid; and the
Scythians, once they had driven in the horse, turned back for fear of the infantry. The
Scythians attacked in this fashion by night as well as by day.
Histories. Herodotus. ed. A.D. Godley. Cambridge. 1920-1925.
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