no MELPOMENE.

observed by one of the natives, who gave intelligent,
of what he had seen to Sauiius, the Scythian king
The king went instantly to the place, and seeing Ani
charsis so employed, killed him with an arrow. jI
any inquiries are now made concerning this Ahachar-
■is, the Scythians disclaim all knowledge of him
merely because he visited Greece, and had learned
■ome foreign customs: but I have been informed bj
Timnes, the tutor of Spargapitb.es, that Anachars*
was the uncle of Idanthyrsus, a Scythian king, and
that he was the son of Gnurus, grandson of Lycus.
and great-grandson of Spargapithes. If therefore
this genealogy be true, it appears that Anacharsis w&-
killed by his own brother; for Saulius, who killee
Anacharsis, was the father of Idanthyrsus. * 'M!

LXXVII. It is proper to acknowledge, that, from
the Peloponnesians I have received a very differen:
account: they affirm that Anacharsis was sent by the
Scythian monarch to Greece, for the express purpose
of improving himself in science; and they add, that it
his return he informed his employer, that all the peo­
ple of Greece were occupied in scientific pursuiti,
except the Lacedtemodians; but they alone endea­
voured to perfect themselves in discreet and wise con­
versation. This, however, is a tale of Grecian in­
vention; I am convinced that Anacharsis was killed
in the manner which has been described, and that he
owed his destruction to the practice of foreign cus­
toms and Grecian manners.

LXXVIII. Not many years afterwards, Scyles, the
son of Aripithes, experienced a similar fortune. Ari-
pithes, king of Scythia, amongst many other childrer.
had this son Scyles by a woman of Istria, who taugh:
him the language and sciences of Greece. It happen ,
ed that Aripithes was treasonably put to death bn
Spargapithes, king of the Agathyrsi. He was surw
ceeded in his dominions by this Scyles, who married
one of his father's wives, whose name was Opefs.
Optea was a native of Scythia, and had a son named
Oricus by her former husband. When Scyles ascendt
ed the Scythian throne, he was exceedingly averse to
the manners of his country, and very partial to thou