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Panticapes; this also rises in the north, and from »
lake. The interval betwixt this and the Borysthenes
is possessed by the Scythian husbandmen. Having
passed through Hytea, the Panticapes mixes with the
Borysthenes.

LV. The sixth river is called the Hypacyris: this,
rising from a lake, and passing through the midst
of the Scythian Nomades, empties itself into the set
near the town of Carcinitis. In its course it bounds
to the right Hyltea, and what is called the course of
Achilles.

LVI. The name of the seventh river is the Gorrhus;
it takes its name from the place Gerrhus, near which
it separates itself from the Borysthenes, and where
this latter river is first known. In its passage toward
the sea, it divides the Scythian Nomades from th«
Royal Scythians, and then mixes with the Hypacyris.

LVH. The eighth river is called the Tanais; rising
from one imftense lake, it empties itself into another
still greater, named the Mteotis, which separates the
Royal Scythians from the Sauromatsi. The Tanais
is increased by the waters of another river, called the
Hyrgis.

LVIII. Thus the Scythians have the advantage of
all these celebrated rivers. The grass which this
country produces is of all that we know the fullest ot
moisture, which evidently appears from the dissection
of their cattle.

LIX. We have shown that this people possess the
greatest abundance; their particular laws and observ­
ances are these: of their divinities, Vesta is without
competition the first, then Jupiter, and Tellus, whom
they believe to be the wife of Jupiter; next to these
are Apollo, the Celestial Venus, Hercules, and Mare.
All the Scythians revere these as deities, but the
Royal Scythians pay divine rites also to Neptune. In
the Scythian tongue Vesta is called Tahiti; Jupiter,
and, as I think very properly, Papteus; Tellus, Apia;
Apollo, CEtosyrus; the Celestial Venus, Artimpau;
and Neptune, Thamimasadas. Among all these
deities Mars is the only one to whom they think it
proper to erect altars, shrines, and temples.