9. Priscus relates this remarkable story, both in his own
text (p. 65 [p. 201, ed. Bonn]) and in the quotation made by
Jornandes (c. 35, p. 662). He might have explained the
tradition or fable, which characterised this famous sword,
and the name as well as attributes of the Scythian deity
whom he has translated into the Mars of the Greeks and
Romans.