Wise men argue causes; fools decide them.

Strabo makes him the (probably legendary) inventor of the anchor with two flukes and others made him the inventor of the potter's wheel. : /ˌænəˈkɑrsɪs/; Greek: Ἀνάχαρσις) was a Scythian philosopher who travelled from his homeland on the northern shores of the Black Sea to Athens in the early 6th century BC and made a great impression as a forthright outspoken "barbarian" apparently a forerunner of the Cynics though none of his works have survived. According to Herodotus when Anacharsis returned to the Scythians he was killed by his own brother for his Greek ways and especially for the impious attempt to sacrifice to the Mother Goddess Cybele whose cult was unwelcome among the Scythians.

: /ˌænəˈkɑrsɪs/; Greek: Ἀνάχαρσις) was a Scythian philosopher who travelled from his homeland on the northern shores of the Black Sea to Athens in the early 6th century BC and made a great impression as a forthright outspoken "barbarian" apparently a forerunner of the Cynics though none of his works have survived.