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CHRISTOPHER BARON

University of Notre Dame

Scythian king (4.81.5). Herodotus reports (attributing the story to “the local inhabitants”) that Ariantas, wishing to know how many SCYTHIANS there were, ordered every Scythian to bring him one arrowhead each, with DEATH the penalty for those neglecting their duty. Out of these arrowheads, Ariantas had an enormous BRONZE cauldron made “as a memorial to what he had done”: it was “six fingers thick” (4–5 inches) and capable of holding the contents of 600 amphorae (20,000 liters). He dedicated the cauldron at EXAMPAEUS, where it was shown to Herodotus (or, perhaps, Herodotus means to say that he was told about the object: West 2004, 78–79).

Ariantas is not otherwise attested. The name is Iranian, though its derivation is unknown (Schmitt, IPGL 84–85 (no. 37)).

SEE ALSO: Dedications; Measures; Monuments