• Cf. Genesis i, 28.
THE SCYTHIAN INVASION
Chapters III— VI

REFERENCE has already been made to an event
which marked the prophet's youth, and
powerfully affected him throughout life, the Scjrthian
Invasion. Classical writers, such as Homer and
Aeschylus, mention the Scythians ; but it is to Hero-
dotus we are indebted for what we know of their
movements at this time. According to him, their
early home lay to the north-east of the Caspian Sea, in
a barren region the air of which was darkened by a
perpetual fall of snow. They lived in waggons, fed
on mares' milk, and wore coats and leggings of skin.
