Editing Anacharsis (section)

===Legacy===
An amphora found in the western {{transliteration|grc|temenos}} at [[Pontic Olbia]] where was located the temple of Apollo Iētros ({{lit|Apollo the Healer}}) recorded the dedication of "paternal honey" to this god by a Scythian named Anaperrēs ({{lang|grc|Αναπερρης}}), who may have been the son of Anacharsis.{{sfn|Rusyayeva|2007|p=99-100}}{{sfn|Rusyayeva|2003|p=97}}

The nephew of Anacharsis, [[Idanthyrsus]], who was the son and successor of Saulius, would later become famous among the Greeks in his own right for having resisted the [[Persians|Persian]] [[Scythian campaign of Darius I|invasion]] of [[Scythia]] in 513 BC.{{sfn|Ivantchik|2018}}

====In Graeco-Roman philosophy====
Later [[Greco-Roman world|Graeco-Roman]] tradition transformed Anacharsis into a legendary figure as a kind of "[[noble savage]]" who represented "[[Barbarian]] wisdom," due to which the ancient Greeks included him as one of the [[Seven Sages of Greece]].{{sfn|Ivantchik|2016|p=314}} Consequently, Anacharsis became a popular figure in Greek literature,{{sfn|Ivantchik|2018}} and many legends arose about him, including claims that he had been a friend of [[Solon]].{{sfn|Ivantchik|2016|p=314}}

The ancient Greek historian [[Ephorus|Ephorus of Cyme]] later used this image of Anacharsis to create an idealised image of the Scythians.{{sfn|Ivantchik|2018}}

Eventually, Anacharsis completely became an ideal "man of nature" or "noble savage" figure in Greek literature, as well as favourite figure of the [[Cynicism (philosophy)|Cynics]], who ascribed to him a 3rd-century BC work titled the {{transliteration|en|Letters of Anacharsis}}.{{sfn|Ivantchik|2018}} Lucian wrote two works on him, ''Anacharsis or Athletics'' (Ἀνάχαρσις ἢ Περὶ Γυμνασίων) and ''The Scythian'' (Σκύθης).<ref>{{Citation |last=Martin |first=R. P. |title=The Scythian Accent: Anacharsis and the Cynics |date=1996-12-31 |work=The Cynics |pages=136–155 |editor-last=Branham |editor-first=R. Bracht |url=https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1525/9780520921986-008/html |access-date=2024-10-16 |publisher=University of California Press |doi=10.1525/9780520921986-008 |isbn=978-0-520-92198-6 |editor2-last=Goulet-Cazé |editor2-first=Marie-Odile}}</ref>

Due to the transformation of Anacharsis into a favourite character of Greek philosophers, nearly all of the ancient writings concerning him are about Greek literature, which makes the information regarding the historical Anacharsis himself difficult to assess.{{sfn|Ivantchik|2018}}