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(Ἀνδροφάγοι; Androphágoi). Tribe who lived north of  Scythia (Hdt. 4,100,2), still further north, there was allegedly only wilderness, east of which lived the  Neuri (Hdt. 4,102,2; 119,1; 125,3; 5) and the  Melanchlaeni (Hdt. 4,100,2; 125,5). In revenge for the A.'s refusal to support them against  Darius I, the  Scythians invaded their land (Hdt. 4,125,3). It is impossible to localize them or the assign them to an ethnic group -- they were described as ‘an independent, definitely not Scythian tribe’ (Hdt. 4,18,3). The A. were …