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Δία . . . καὶ Ἱστίην. For the Scythian religion cf. c. 59; the kings claimed descent from Zeus, c. 5 seq.

For κλαίειν λέγω = ‘you shall repent it’ cf. Aristophanes, Plut. 62. The words τοῦτό ἐστι κτλ. are probably a gloss; in Bekker's Anecdota (i. 305) they are explained by a reference to this passage as a blunt threat. Rawlinson, however, thinks that the words refer to Scythian bluntness generally, without any special idea of menace; cf. Diog. Laert. i. 101, Anacharsis ‘was the author of this proverb’, διὰ τὸ παρρησιαστὴς εἶναι.

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