Now when Skyles was king of the Scythians, he was by no means satisfied with the Scythian manner of life, but was much more inclined towards Hellenic ways because of the training with which he had been brought up, and he used to do somewhat as follows:-When he came with the Scythians in arms to the city of the Borysthenites (now these Borysthenites say that they are of Miletos),-when Skyles came to these, he would leave his band in the suburbs of the city and go himself within the walls and close the gates.
aitzitik, izan zuen hezieraren ondoren askoz etzanagoa zegoen heleniarren ohituretara; eta hona nola jokatzen zuen.