Sauromatae
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in the texts
Protrepticus
People described as reverencing the scimitar and, elsewhere, fire, cited to Hicesius and Nymphodorus.
and of the Scythians, the Sauromatae, as Hicesius says in his work On Mysteries, reverence the scimitar.
Orations
A people neighboring the Black Sea region, associated with a royal fort and as adversaries of Callistratus in war.
And the rivers empty into the sea by the fort of Alector, which is said to belong to the wife of the king of the Sauromatae.
And he was said to be brave too in matters of war, and to have slain many of the Sauromatae and taken others captive.
The Histories
A people descended from intermarriage of Amazons and Scythian youths, whose women retain warlike customs.
Ever since then the women of the Sauromatae have followed their ancient ways;
The language of the Sauromatae is Scythian, but not spoken in its ancient purity, since the Amazons never learned it correctly.
when the horsemen crossed this, the Persians crossed also, and pursued until they had marched through the land of the Sauromatae to the land of the Budini.