Herodotus, Histories, ed. A.D. Godley, 4.48.2

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[2] Those that make it great, five flowing through the Scythian country, are these: the river called by Scythians Porata and by Greeks Pyretus,¹ and besides this the Tiarantus, the Ararus, the Naparis, and the Ordessus.

Histories. Herodotus. ed. A.D. Godley. Cambridge. 1920-1925.

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[2] εἰσὶ δὴ οἵδε οἱ μέγαν αὐτὸν ποιεῦντες, διὰ μέν γε τῆς Σκυθικῆς χώρης πέντε μὲν οἱ ῥέοντες, τὸν τε Σκύθαι Πόρατα καλέουσι Ἑλλήνες δὲ Πυρετόν, καὶ ἄλλος Τιάραντος καὶ Ἄραρος τε καὶ Νάπαρις καὶ Ὀρδησσός.

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1. Probably the +Prut [28.166,45.5] (river), Europe Pruth; the modern names of the other four rivers mentioned here are matters of conjecture.

Herodotus Histories 4.48.2

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