Scythes whetted by reapers as if to mow down strangers in the harvest-field, vii. 229 sq.;

and bill-hooks set out to cut witches as they fall from the clouds, x. 345 sq.

Scythian kings, their regalia, i. 365;

human beings and horses sacrificed at their graves, v. 293;

married the wives of their predecessors, ix. 368 n. 1

Scythians put their kings in bonds in times of dearth, i. 354;

their oath by the king's hearth, ii. 265;

their belief in immortality, v. 294;

their treatment of dead enemies, v. 294 n. 3;

set store on heads of enemies, vii. 256 n. 1;