Kitap 11
2.13
Such is the life of these people. They are governed by chieftains called “sceptuchi,”“Sceptre-bearers” (see note on “sceptuchies,” section 18 below). but the “sceptuchi” themselves are subject to tyrants or kings. For instance, the Heniochi had four kings at the time when Mithridates Eupator,See Dictionary in Vol. I. in flight from the country of his ancestors to the Bosporus, passed through their country; and while he found this country passable, yet he despaired of going through that of the Zygi, both because of the ruggedness of it and because of the ferocity of the inhabitants; and only with difficulty could he go along the coast, most of the way marching on the edge of the sea, until he arrived at the country of the Achaei; and, welcomed by these, he completed his journey from Phasis, a journey not far short of four thousand stadia.
