The Romans' own understanding of 'race' seems to discredit the Nordic theory as seen with Lucian of Samosata's use of μέλᾱς (𝑚𝑒́𝑙𝑎̄𝑠, black) for the Aetheopians, Λεῦκος (𝑙𝑒𝑢𝑘𝑜́𝑠, white) for the Romans and Greeks and ξανθός (𝑥𝑎𝑛𝑡ℎ𝑜́𝑠, blond) for the Celts.