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The Scythian archers were a hypothesized police force of 5th- and early 4th-century BC Athens that is recorded in some Greek artworks and literature. The force is said to have consisted of 300 armed Scythians (a nomadic Iranic people living in the Eurasian Steppe) who were public slaves in Athens. They acted for a group of eleven elected Athenian magistrates "who were responsible for arrests and executions and for some aspects of public order" in the city. Despite being called "archers", the Scythian police probably did not use bows and arrows.

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  • Οι Σπευσίνιοι ήταν αστυνομικό σώμα στην αρχαία Αθήνα. Πήραν το όνομά τους από τον Σπευσίνα, που ήταν ο ιδρυτής και οργανωτής τους. Τους χρησιμοποιούσε η Αθηναϊκή Δημοκρατία για την επιβολή της τάξης και της ασφάλειας. Οι Σπευσίνιοι αποτελούσαν ολόκληρο τάγμα εκ χιλίων ανδρών. Ήταν οπλισμένοι με μαστίγια και τόξα καλούμενοι εξ αυτού και "τοξότες". Οι Σπευσίνιοι ήταν δούλοι από διάφορα έθνη, κυρίως Σκύθες. (el)
  • The Scythian archers were a hypothesized police force of 5th- and early 4th-century BC Athens that is recorded in some Greek artworks and literature. The force is said to have consisted of 300 armed Scythians (a nomadic Iranic people living in the Eurasian Steppe) who were public slaves in Athens. They acted for a group of eleven elected Athenian magistrates "who were responsible for arrests and executions and for some aspects of public order" in the city. Despite being called "archers", the Scythian police probably did not use bows and arrows. One of Aristophanes's comedies has a Scythian archer as a character, and he speaks broken Greek with an accent. (en)
  • Gli arcieri sciti erano un'ipotetica forza di polizia di Atene nel V all'inizio del IV secolo a.C., documentata nella letteratura e in alcune opere d'arte greche. Si dice che fosse un corpo armato costituito da 300 schiavi pubblici Sciti (una popolazione nomade attestata nella steppa eurasiatica); era adibito al mantenimento dell'ordine pubblico e svolgeva compiti di polizia urbana. (it)
  • Скифские лучники — гипотетический полицейский отряд в Афинах V и начала IV веков до нашей эры, упоминаемый в некоторых греческих произведениях искусства и литературы. Согласно источникам, отряд состоял из 300 вооруженных скифов (кочевого народа, обитавшего в евразийской степи), которые были государственными рабами в Афинах. Они действовали от имени группы из одиннадцати избранных афинских магистратов, «ответственных за аресты и казни, а также за некоторые аспекты общественного порядка» в городе. В одной из комедий Аристофана фигурирует скифский лучник, и он говорит на ломаном греческом с акцентом. (ru)
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  • File:Skythian archer plate BM E135 by Epiktetos.jpg (en)
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  • An Attic red-figure vase-painting of a Scythian archer by Epiktetos, 520–500 BC (en)
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  • Tents or wooden barracks in the Agora and later on the Areopagus (en)
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  • allegedly establishing the force (en)
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  • Οι Σπευσίνιοι ήταν αστυνομικό σώμα στην αρχαία Αθήνα. Πήραν το όνομά τους από τον Σπευσίνα, που ήταν ο ιδρυτής και οργανωτής τους. Τους χρησιμοποιούσε η Αθηναϊκή Δημοκρατία για την επιβολή της τάξης και της ασφάλειας. Οι Σπευσίνιοι αποτελούσαν ολόκληρο τάγμα εκ χιλίων ανδρών. Ήταν οπλισμένοι με μαστίγια και τόξα καλούμενοι εξ αυτού και "τοξότες". Οι Σπευσίνιοι ήταν δούλοι από διάφορα έθνη, κυρίως Σκύθες. (el)
  • Gli arcieri sciti erano un'ipotetica forza di polizia di Atene nel V all'inizio del IV secolo a.C., documentata nella letteratura e in alcune opere d'arte greche. Si dice che fosse un corpo armato costituito da 300 schiavi pubblici Sciti (una popolazione nomade attestata nella steppa eurasiatica); era adibito al mantenimento dell'ordine pubblico e svolgeva compiti di polizia urbana. (it)
  • The Scythian archers were a hypothesized police force of 5th- and early 4th-century BC Athens that is recorded in some Greek artworks and literature. The force is said to have consisted of 300 armed Scythians (a nomadic Iranic people living in the Eurasian Steppe) who were public slaves in Athens. They acted for a group of eleven elected Athenian magistrates "who were responsible for arrests and executions and for some aspects of public order" in the city. Despite being called "archers", the Scythian police probably did not use bows and arrows. (en)
  • Скифские лучники — гипотетический полицейский отряд в Афинах V и начала IV веков до нашей эры, упоминаемый в некоторых греческих произведениях искусства и литературы. Согласно источникам, отряд состоял из 300 вооруженных скифов (кочевого народа, обитавшего в евразийской степи), которые были государственными рабами в Афинах. Они действовали от имени группы из одиннадцати избранных афинских магистратов, «ответственных за аресты и казни, а также за некоторые аспекты общественного порядка» в городе. (ru)
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