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Scythae

1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

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(Gr. lid Oat), in Herodotus (iv. 1-142) and Hippocrates (De were, 24 sqq.), a definite nation giving its name to Scythia; in later writers a general term for the inhabitants of that country without distinction of race.

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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Scythae'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​s/scythae.html. 1910.
 
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