A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – The Arimaspians were a tribe of horsemen of normal human size but with only one eye, located in the middle of their forehead. Based on ancient records, they inhabited a land, at the foot of the Riphean (Rhipaion) Mountains, a mountain range located somewhere in the far north of Eurasia.
Polyphemus, by Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein, 1802
Greek records, for example, mention the Inner Asian Arimaspians and refer to them as one-eyed beings in the Inner Asian tradition, found in the works of geographers from India and China, who wrote about the nomadic peoples of the steppe regions.
These people were involved in a long-lasting and practically never-ending struggle against griffins, legendary powerful creatures both feared and respected guardians of gold and treasures.
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