The Caucasus Mountains near Khinalug in Azerbaijan
Abaris, who lived some time around the eighth century before the common era, was a magician of Scythia and the mentor to Pythagoras.
According to Greek mythology Abaris was a Hyperborean. Hyperboreans were a mythical people that lived near the Caucasus Mountains. The Caucasus Mountains are in the nation of Georgia.
Herodotus, a Greek historian who lived in the fifth century BCE, reported that Apollo gave Abaris a golden arrow and that Abaris lived without eating or drinking.
Heraclides Ponticus, was a Greek philosopher who lived in the fourth century BCE added to the legend of Abaris by claiming that Abaris could fly on the golden arrow and become invisible.
Iamblichus, who lived during the third century BCE, wrote Vita Pythagorica, which contained some more stories about Abaris.