59. Thus abundant supply have they of that which is most important; and as for the rest their customs are as follows. The gods whom they propitiate by worship are these only:⁠—Hestia most of all, then Zeus and the Earth, supposing that Earth is the wife of Zeus, and after these Apollo, and Aphrodite Urania, and Heracles, and Ares. Of these all the Scythians have the worship established, and the so-called Royal Scythians sacrifice also to Poseidon. Now Hestia is called in Scythian Tabiti, and Zeus, being most rightly named in my opinion, is called Papaios, and Earth Api, 600 and Apollo Oitosyros, 601 and Aphrodite Urania is called Argimpasa, 602 and Poseidon Thagimasidas. 603 It is not their custom however to make images, altars or temples to any except Ares, but to him it is their custom to make them.