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59Thus abundant supply have they of that which is most important; and as for the rest their customs are as follows. The gods whom they propitiate by worship are these only:—Hestia most of all, then Zeus and the Earth, supposing that Earth is the wife of Zeus, and after these Apollo, and Aphrodite Urania, and Heracles, and Ares. Of these all the Scythians have the worship established, and the so-called Royal Scythians sacrifice also to Poseidon. Now Hestia is called in Scythian Tabiti, and Zeus, being most rightly named in my opinion, is called Papaios, and Earth Api,[57] and Apollo Oitosyros,[58] and Aphrodite Urania is called Argimpasa,[59] and Poseidon Thagimasidas.[60] It is not their custom however to make images, altars or temples to any except Ares, but to him it is their custom to make them.
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