ANACHARSIS (c. 600 B.e.), a Scythian philosopher, the son of a chief of a nomadic tribe of the Euxine shores and a Greek woman. He went on an embassy to Athens about 58g B.c. and became acquainted with Solon, and it is said that he was initiated into the Eleusinian mysteries. After he had spent sev eral years at Athens, he travelled through different countries and returned home filled with the desire of teaching his countrymen the laws and the religion of the Greeks. According to Herodotus he was killed by his brother. His simple and forcible language originated the proverbial expression "Scythian Eloquence," but his epigrams are as unauthentic as the letters which are often attributed to him.
See Herodotus iv. 76; Lucian, Scytha; Cicero, Tusc. Disp. v. 32 ; Diog. Laert.