Histories, 4.121

Herodotus  translated by G. C. Macaulay

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121Having formed this plan the Scythians went to meet the army of Dareios, sending off the best of their horsemen before them as scouts; but all[112] the waggons in which their children and their women lived they sent on, and with them all their cattle (leaving only so much as was sufficient to supply them with food), and charged them that they should proceed continually towards the North Wind. These, I say, were being carried on before:

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Notes

  • [112] {paras}, or {pasai}, belonging to {gunaikes}.