Herodotus, Histories, ed. A.D. Godley, 5.7

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These are most notable of their usages. They worship no gods but Ares, Dionysus, and Artemis.¹ Their princes, however, unlike the rest of their countrymen, worship Hermes above all gods and swear only by him, claiming him for their ancestor.

Histories. Herodotus. ed. A.D. Godley. Cambridge. 1920-1925.

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[1] οὗτοι μὲν σφέων οἱ ἐπιφανέστατοι νόμοι εἰσί, θεοὺς δὲ σέβονται μούνους τούσδε, Ἄρεα καὶ Διόνυσον καὶ Ἄρτεμιν. οἱ δὲ βασιλέες αὐτῶν, πάρεξ τῶν ἄλλων πολιητέων, σέβονται Ἑρμέην μάλιστα θεῶν, καὶ ὀμνύουσι μοῦνον τοῦτον, καὶ λέγουσι γεγονέναι ἀπὸ Ἑρμέω ἑωυτούς.

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1. Herodotus as usual identifies foreign with Greek deities: v. How and Wells ad loc.

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