Germanic Scythians?

Hi, I was wondering about Strabo's reference to the Celts and Germans being grouped with Scythians prior to specific knowledge about them. Could Germanic peoples have been encountered by the Greeks (prior to knowledge of them as a distinct people) and grouped them with and classified them as Scythians? Herodotus writes of the Agricultural Scythians, and J.P. Mallory suggests that these were Slavic. Could a similar thing happened with contact with Germanic peoples? Strabo also mentiones Celto-Scythians, and I've always wondered the extent of Celtic and Scythian contact (and therefore Scythian and Germanic contact?)-Michael




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