9 · Classical Mythology and Ancient History
98 · classical history
98B · male persons from classical history
98B(...) · male persons from classical history (with NAME)
98B(SCYLURUS) · (story of) Scylurus, king of Scythia
98B(SCYLURUS)6 · suffering, misfortune of Scylurus, king of Scythia
98B(SCYLURUS)68 ·
death of Scylurus: the Scythian king, on his deathbed, enjoins his eighty sons to break a bundle of rods (or arrows) tied together; when they can't do this, he breaks the rods one by one, thus teaching them that united they will be strong, divided weak