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Now the Cappadocians are called by the Greeks Syrians, and these Syrians before the Persian rule were subjects of the Medes, and, at this time, of Cyrus.
Now the Cappadocians are called by the Greeks Syrians, and these Syrians before the Persian rule were subjects of the Medes, and, at this time, of Cyrus.
[2] For the boundary of the Median and
Lydian empires was the river
Halys River (river), Turkey, Asia
Halys
, which flows from the
Armenian mountains first through
Cilicia [34.333,36.666] (region (general)), Turkey, Asia
Cilicia
and afterwards between the
Matieni on the right and the
Phrygians on the other hand; then, passing these and still flowing north, it separates the
Cappadocian Syrians on the right from the
Paphlagonians on the left.
[3] Thus the
Halys River (river), Turkey, Asia
Halys
river cuts off nearly the whole of the lower part of
Asia (continent)
Asia
from the
Cyprian to the
Black Sea [38,42] (sea)
Euxine sea
. Here is the narrowest neck of all this land; the length of the journey across for a man traveling unencumbered is five days.
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Histories. Herodotus. ed. A.D. Godley. Cambridge. 1920-1925.
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