Gelonus (Ancient Greek: Γελωνός) was, according to Herodotus, the capital of the Gelonians. == Search for Gelonus == In his account of Scythia (Inquiries book 4), Herodotus writes that the Gelonii were formerly Greeks, having settled away from the coastal emporia among the Budini, where they "use a tongue partly Scythian and partly Greek":The Budini for their part, being a large and numerous nation, are all mightily blue-eyed and ruddy.
Gelonus (Ancient Greek: Γελωνός) was, according to Herodotus, the capital of the Gelonians. == Search for Gelonus == In his account of Scythia (Inquiries book 4), Herodotus writes that the Gelonii were formerly Greeks, having settled away from the coastal emporia among the Budini, where they "use a tongue partly Scythian and partly Greek":The Budini for their part, being a large and numerous nation, are all mightily blue-eyed and ruddy.
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