King Saulios

Scythian · mortal · historical/legendary; early 6th c. BCE, of the royal Scythian house · Recorded classification

Parentage

sibling: Wandering Sage AnacharsisSaulios and Anacharsis are brothers, sons of Gnurus; Saulios shot Anacharsis dead for adopting Greek rites.Herodotus, Histories 4.76 (primary)
father of: Royal Scythian King IdanthyrsosAnacharsis is named the uncle of King Idanthyrsus; Idanthyrsus is therefore son of Saulios, Anacharsis brother.Herodotus, Histories 4.76 (primary)
enemy: Wandering Sage AnacharsisAs the killer of his brother, Saulios is also Anacharsis slayer; the kinship is fratricidal.Herodotus, Histories 4.76 (primary)

existence: Herodotus, Histories 4.76 (Godley): Saulios the king, brother of Anacharsis, killed him; he was father of Idanthyrsus, whose uncle Anacharsis was (primary)