Studies in Finno-Ugric Linguistics (Uralic and Altaic)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: RoutledgeCurzon
Published: July 28, 1997
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 440
ISBN-13: 9780700709311
Subjects: Anthropology; Language & Linguistics; Sociology; Social Science; Ethnic Issues; Finnish (Suomi); Ural-Altaic & Hyperborean Languages; Ethnic Studies - General; Social Science / Ethnic Studies
First sentence: Herodotus tells us in book four chapter five of this history that according to a Scythian tradition under the rule of the three brethren of the lineage of Targitaos, viz. Lipoxais, Arpoxais, and Kolaxais, "there fell down from the sky into Scythia certain implements, all of gold, namely a plough (aporpov), a yoke (suyov), a battle-axe (oayapis), and a bowl (oia n)".