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On this vase, an Attic Black-Figured
Oinochoe of 510 BCE, mounted warriors are trampling a
Scythian archer. He is bearded, wears a tall pointed hat,
and carries both a sword scabbard and a gorytos. He
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Left: Scene of departure of a hoplite
together with his Scythian companion. The Scythian is
bearded, with shoes, and wears a body suit, kidaris, and
carries a hatchet; a gorytos is hanging from his
side. Attic Red-Figured Amphora of 500 BCE. Right: Arming scene on an Attic
Red-Figured Amphora of 500 BCE. The Scythian looks on while
the hoplite arms; the Scythian is wearing a kidaris,
body-suit, no shoes, and carries a hatchet and bow; his
gorytos hangs at his side. |
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An Attic Red-Figured Kylix of 500-490
BCE, showing two warriors, one a Greek hoplite and the other
a Scythian archer who is here carrying a spear. |
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After 500 BCE, Scythian emigration to the west was less common, and Scythians in Athens are more often public or private slaves. As public slaves, they were employed to serve as Athens' "police force," and characters based on them appear in several of Aristophanes' plays. There they are ridiculed as barbarians and ignorant ruffians; you will encounter one such representation next semester when you read the selection based on Aristophanes' Acharnians (Section Ten A-C). |
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