Scythians: Athenaios and others on Scythianizing and “Scythian speech” (fifth century BCE on)

Ancient authors: Various Greek poets (from the fifth century BCE on) cited by Athenaios (early third century CE), Sophists at Dinner 10.427 (link); Anonymous Judean author (first century CE), 4 Maccabees 10:1-11 (link); Suda lexicon, at eta 11 (link) and at alpha 878 (link). Comments: Matthijs den Dulk s recent work (2026) on Stereotypes and the [ ]