Abaris Was a Scythian priest of Apollo who lived around the seventh century BC. He fled to Greece from his native Scythia to avoid a plague and traveled throughout Greece for some time healing the sick with his magic. He is fabled to have performed many miracles, to have foretold the future, and to have saved the king of Sparta from being destroyed by a plague.
This magic wand of Abaris was in the form of a golden arrow said to have been given to him by the god Apollo himself. This magic talisman allowed the Scythian to fly through the air. Another legend states that he never ate and that the arrow rendered him invisible.
While wandering through Greece Abaris met the young and handsome Pythagoras. He was struck with the physical beauty of Pythagoras, who seemed to be the god Apollo incarnate in human form. Abaris gave to Pythagoras his golden arrow as a gift. In return for this magnificent gift, Pythagoras assures Abaris that he was indeed Apollo come to earth, and proves his godhood.