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This sea called Caspian is hemmed in to the west by the Bol'soj Kavkaz [46.833,42] (mountain range), Asia Caucasus : towards the east and the sunrise there stretches from its shores a boundless plain as far as the eye can see. The greater part of this wide plain is the country of the Massagetae, against whom Cyrus was eager to lead his army.
This sea called Caspian is hemmed in to the west by the Bol'soj Kavkaz [46.833,42] (mountain range), Asia Caucasus : towards the east and the sunrise there stretches from its shores a boundless plain as far as the eye can see. The greater part of this wide plain is the country of the Massagetae, against whom Cyrus was eager to lead his army.
Histories. Herodotus. ed. A.D. Godley. Cambridge. 1920-1925.
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