Dr. Owen Rees

So from the region around the Black Sea, one of the things you get is a, like I said, what we might describe as more naturalistic art. So it's trying to look like the world as it is, rather than the fantastical world of the animalistic style I was talking about earlier with the swirls and the beauty and things like that, where it looks almost fantastical.

So from the region around the Black Sea, one of the things you get is a, like I said, what we might describe as more naturalistic art. So it's trying to look like the world as it is, rather than the fantastical world of the animalistic style I was talking about earlier with the swirls and the beauty and things like that, where it looks almost fantastical.

So from the region around the Black Sea, one of the things you get is a, like I said, what we might describe as more naturalistic art. So it's trying to look like the world as it is, rather than the fantastical world of the animalistic style I was talking about earlier with the swirls and the beauty and things like that, where it looks almost fantastical.

So we have artifacts of like Scythian men just sort of sorting out their bows and arrows. So it has, I wouldn't describe it as mundane. I don't think that's fair, but that kind of normal life that the Greek art forms are really interested in depicting that we kind of associate with the pottery of Athens and the like, where they're showing normal everyday things going on.

So we have artifacts of like Scythian men just sort of sorting out their bows and arrows. So it has, I wouldn't describe it as mundane. I don't think that's fair, but that kind of normal life that the Greek art forms are really interested in depicting that we kind of associate with the pottery of Athens and the like, where they're showing normal everyday things going on.

So we have artifacts of like Scythian men just sort of sorting out their bows and arrows. So it has, I wouldn't describe it as mundane. I don't think that's fair, but that kind of normal life that the Greek art forms are really interested in depicting that we kind of associate with the pottery of Athens and the like, where they're showing normal everyday things going on.

So we have that, but it's in like gold, so like combs made of sort of gold plated and things like this. And it's just, It's just amazing to see. Flip side of that, in Athens itself, during this period of exposure to the Scythian world, especially as Athens' empire is building in the 5th century, we start to see cultures from around the Black Sea starting to be depicted on Greek vases.

So we have that, but it's in like gold, so like combs made of sort of gold plated and things like this. And it's just, It's just amazing to see. Flip side of that, in Athens itself, during this period of exposure to the Scythian world, especially as Athens' empire is building in the 5th century, we start to see cultures from around the Black Sea starting to be depicted on Greek vases.

So we have that, but it's in like gold, so like combs made of sort of gold plated and things like this. And it's just, It's just amazing to see. Flip side of that, in Athens itself, during this period of exposure to the Scythian world, especially as Athens' empire is building in the 5th century, we start to see cultures from around the Black Sea starting to be depicted on Greek vases.

And they're most notably identifiable by tattoos. Because tattooing culture is not an Athenian culture. They only tattoo for basically crime more than anything else, or really the enslaved. That's who they're tattooing. Whereas North, the Thracians, the Scythians, they tattoo themselves culturally for very different reasons, for artistic reasons, but also for cultural reasons as well.

And they're most notably identifiable by tattoos. Because tattooing culture is not an Athenian culture. They only tattoo for basically crime more than anything else, or really the enslaved. That's who they're tattooing. Whereas North, the Thracians, the Scythians, they tattoo themselves culturally for very different reasons, for artistic reasons, but also for cultural reasons as well.

And they're most notably identifiable by tattoos. Because tattooing culture is not an Athenian culture. They only tattoo for basically crime more than anything else, or really the enslaved. That's who they're tattooing. Whereas North, the Thracians, the Scythians, they tattoo themselves culturally for very different reasons, for artistic reasons, but also for cultural reasons as well.

And as the fifth century goes on, Greek art starts to depict these tattoos in greater and greater detail. And they go from the bobbly lines on a leg that are clearly just, look at this foreign person, isn't it weird? And then by the sort of beginning of the fourth century, they painstakingly depict very different tattoos on a single body to show the variety of what's going on.

And as the fifth century goes on, Greek art starts to depict these tattoos in greater and greater detail. And they go from the bobbly lines on a leg that are clearly just, look at this foreign person, isn't it weird? And then by the sort of beginning of the fourth century, they painstakingly depict very different tattoos on a single body to show the variety of what's going on.

And as the fifth century goes on, Greek art starts to depict these tattoos in greater and greater detail. And they go from the bobbly lines on a leg that are clearly just, look at this foreign person, isn't it weird? And then by the sort of beginning of the fourth century, they painstakingly depict very different tattoos on a single body to show the variety of what's going on.

So I also love the idea that not only are they trading with the Scythians for food and for slaves and all these things, they're also sharing artistic trends and ideas are coming back and forth as well. And we see that in the art.

So I also love the idea that not only are they trading with the Scythians for food and for slaves and all these things, they're also sharing artistic trends and ideas are coming back and forth as well. And we see that in the art.

So I also love the idea that not only are they trading with the Scythians for food and for slaves and all these things, they're also sharing artistic trends and ideas are coming back and forth as well. And we see that in the art.

We do have a few stories. You're absolutely right. So if we talk about Scythians moving into the Greek world, the most common thing we would think about is mercenaries and slaves. I mean, in Athens, there's the Scythian police force.

We do have a few stories. You're absolutely right. So if we talk about Scythians moving into the Greek world, the most common thing we would think about is mercenaries and slaves. I mean, in Athens, there's the Scythian police force.