Trade with the Greeks This height of Scythian power corresponded to a time of unprecedented prosperity for the Greek colonies of the northern Black Sea, with whom the relations of the Scythian kingdom remained peaceful during this period: there was high demand for the Greek cities' trade goods, grains, slaves, and fish, thanks to which the relations between the Pontic and Aegean regions, especially with Athens, were flourishing.thumb|left|Scythian warrior, from Kul-Oba.Although the Greek cities of the coast extended their territories considerably at this time, this did not infringe on the Scythians, who still possessed abundant pastures and whose settlements were still thriving. A large number of the toreutics used by the Scythians themselves as aristocratic and royal grave goods were during this period being made by Greek craftsmen, attesting of the strong Greek influence that the Scythians were then coming under and of the increasingly pronounced Hellenisation of the Scythian upper classes. Consequently, Scythian culture, especially that of the aristocracy, experienced rapidly-occurring extensive Hellenisation as a result of these extensive contacts with the Greek colonies on the Black Sea shore in the 4th century BC.
trade with the greeks this height of scythian power corresponded to a time of unprecedented prosperity for the greek colonies of the northern black sea with whom the relations of the scythian kingdom remained peaceful during this period there was high demand for the greek cities' trade goods grains slaves and fish thanks to which the relations between the pontic and aegean regions especially with athens were flourishingthumb|left|scythian warrior from kul-obaalthough the greek cities of the coast extended their territories considerably at this time this did not infringe on the scythians who still possessed abundant pastures and whose settlements were still thriving a large number of the toreutics used by the scythians themselves as aristocratic and royal grave goods were during this period being made by greek craftsmen attesting of the strong greek influence that the scythians were then coming under and of the increasingly pronounced hellenisation of the scythian upper classes consequently scythian culture especially that of the aristocracy experienced rapidly-occurring extensive hellenisation as a result of these extensive contacts with the greek colonies on the black sea shore in the 4th century bc