Toxaris or Friendship (Greek: Τόξαρις ἢ Φιλία) is a dialogue-style work by the Ancient Syrian[1] novelist Lucian.

The text is set up as a conversation between an Athenian, Mnesippus, and a Scythian friend, Toxaris.

Mnesippus asks why the Scythians would ever honor two men who had attacked their city, stolen Iphigenia who was priestess of their temple to Artemis, and finally the statue of Artemis itself from the Scythian city of Tauris.

[3] Toxaris tells Mnesippus that the Scythians venerate Orestes and his companion Pylades because of their devotion to friendship.

They decide to test the validity of his statement which Mnesippus claims is false.