ANACHARSIS  , a Scythian philosopher, who lived about 600 B.C . He was the son of Gnurus, See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief of a nomadic tribe of the Euxine shores, and a See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek woman . Instructed in the Greek See also:

• LANGUAGE (adapted from the Fr. langage, from langue, tongue, Lat. lingua)

language by his See also:

• MOTHER

mother, he prevailed upon the See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king to entrust him with an See also:

• EMBASSY

embassy to See also:

• ATHENS
• ATHENS ['AN vat, Athenae, modem colloquial Greek `Ath va]

Athens about 589 B.C . He became acquainted with See also:

• SOLON (7th and 6th century n.c.)

Solon, from whom he rapidly acquired a know-ledge of the See also:

• WISDOM, BOOK OF, or WISDOM OF SOLOMON (Sept. Io4ia IaXwµwvos; Lat. Vulg. Liber sapientiae)

wisdom and learning of See also:

• GREECE

Greece, and by whose See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence he was introduced to the See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal persons in Athens . He was the first stranger who received the privileges of citizenship . He was reckoned one of the Seven Sages, and it is said that he was initiated into the Eleusinian mysteries . After he had resided several years at Athens, he travelled through different countries in quest of knowledge, and returned See also:

• HOME
• HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
• HOME, EARLS OF

home filled with the See also:

• DESIRE

desire of instructing his countrymen in the See also:

• LAWS

laws and the See also:

• RELIGION
• RELIGION, FOLKLORE, CUSTOM

religion of the Greeks . According to See also:

• HERODOTUS (c. 484-425 B.C.)

Herodotus he was killed by his See also:

• BROTHER

brother Saulius while he was performing See also:

• SACRIFICE (from Lat. sacrificium; sacer, holy, and facere, to make)

sacrifice to the goddess See also:

• CYBELE, or CYBEBE (Gr. Ku/3X, Ku,(3i7sn)

Cybele . It was he who compared laws to See also:

• SPIDERS

spiders' webs, which catch small flies and allow bigger ones to See also:

• ESCAPE (in mid. Eng. eschape or escape, from the O. Fr. eschapper, modern echapper, and escaper, low Lat. escapium, from ex, out of, and cappa, cape, cloak; cf. for the sense development the Gr. iichueoOat, literally to put off one's clothes, hence to sli

escape . His See also:

• SIMPLE

simple and forcible mode of expressing himself gave See also:

• BIRTH (a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages from the root of the verb " to bear ")

birth to the proverbial expression " Scythian eloquence," but his epigrams are as unauthentic as the letters which are often attributed to him . According to See also:

• STRABO (born c. 63 n.c.)

Strabo he was the first to invent an See also:

• ANCHOR (from the Greek ayrcvpa, which Vossius considers is from 6yi17 , a crook or hook)

anchor with two flukes . See also:

• BARTHELEMY
• BARTHELEMY, ANATOLE
• BARTHELEMY, AUGUSTE MARSEILLE (1796–1867)
• BARTHELEMY, FRANCOIS, MARQUIS DE (1747 or 1750-1830)
• BARTHELEMY, JEAN JACQUES (1716–1795)

Barthelemy borrows his name as the See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title for his Anacharsis. en Grece .

Herodotus iv . 76; See also:

• LUCIAN (d. 312)
• LUCIAN [Aowaavos] (c. A.D. 120-180)

Lucian, Scytha; See also:

• CICERO

Cicero, Tusc . Disp. v . 32; Diog . Laert. i .