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    Anacharsis

    historical figure · 9 works · 12 mentions · 16 anchored passages

    Anacharsis the Scythian · he

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    Anacharsis the Scythian5 mentions

    Stromata (Greek) · Tusculan Disputations (Latin) · Orations (Greek) · Republic (Greek)

    As for the seventh, some say he was Periander the Corinthian, some Anacharsis the Scythian, and some Epimenides the Cretan — whom the Apostle Paul mentions in the Epistle to Titus, saying thus:
    book 1

    in the texts

    StromataLate Antiquity · Greek

    Scythian philosopher praised as surpassing many Greeks and remembered for pointed sayings.

    And if anyone disparages the barbarian tongue — "To me," says Anacharsis, "all the Greeks speak Scythian.
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    Anacharsis too was a Scythian, and he is recorded as surpassing many of the philosophers among the Greeks.
    book 1
    As for the seventh, some say he was Periander the Corinthian, some Anacharsis the Scythian, and some Epimenides the Cretan — whom the Apostle Paul mentions in the Epistle to Titus, saying thus:
    book 1

    The HistoriesClassical · Greek

    A Scythian named as the sole individual exception, along with the Scythian nation generally, to Herodotus' judgment that the Pontic lands produce no notable men.

    For we cannot show that any nation within the region of the Pontus has any cleverness, nor do we know of (overlooking the Scythian nation and Anacharsis) any notable man born there.
    chapter 4
    But this is a tale pointlessly invented by the Greeks themselves;
    chapter 4
    for Idanthyrsus was the son of Saulius, and it was Saulius who killed Anacharsis.
    chapter 4

    Nicomachean EthicsClassical · Greek

    Figure credited with the maxim 'Play in order that you may work,' invoked to show that amusement is a means to further activity, not an end.

    Anacharsis’s motto, Play in order that you may work, is felt to be the right rule.
    chapter 10

    Tusculan DisputationsHellenistic · Latin

    Scythian philosopher who lived simply and counted money for nothing

    Or could Anacharsis the Scythian count money for nothing, and shall our own philosophers not be able to do it?
    book 5

    OrationsImperial · Greek

    A legendary wise Scythian who visited Greece to observe its customs, remembered for his witty remark about the gymnasium's 'madness.'

    Plainly that of folly;
    oration 32
    Consider lest these speak more truly about you than they say Anacharsis the Scythian spoke about the Greeks — for he seemed to be one of the wise, and came to Greece, I think, to view the customs and the men.
    oration 32

    RepublicClassical · Greek

    Scythian sage credited with practical inventions.

    Well, then, as might be expected of a man wise in practical affairs, are many and ingenious inventions for the arts and business of life reported of Homer as they are of Thales the Milesian and Anacharsis the Scythian?
    chapter 10

    Letters to LuciliusImperial · Latin

    Scythian sage credited by Posidonius with inventing the potter's wheel, a claim Seneca disputes given Homer's earlier mention of it.

    "Anacharsis," he says, "invented the potter's wheel, by whose turning vessels are shaped.
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    ApologeticumLate Antiquity · Latin

    Scythian sage invoked as an example of condemning ignorant judges of the wise.

    How much more would Anacharsis have branded these men — the unwise judging the wise — than he branded the unmusical judging the musical!
    apologeticum

    De PallioLate Antiquity · Latin

    Scythian prince said to have renounced kingship for philosophy.

    Did Anacharsis change otherwise, when he preferred philosophy to the kingdom of Scythia?
    de pallio