According to Herodotus in History book 14 p.134, when the Scythian king got sick, he asked for three soothsayers to tell which person made him sick by that person swearing falsely by the king’s hearth.
Kwa mujibu wa Herodotus kwenye History, kitabu cha 14, uk.134, wakati mfalme wa Sinthia alipougua, aliomba watabiri watatu wamwambie mtu aliyemfanya aumwe kwa kuapa kwa uongo kutumia meko ya mfalme.