Strabo, Geography, Hans Claude Hamilton (Translator), William Falconer (Translator), 11.3.2

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[2] Some part of the country is encompassed by the Caucasian mountains; for branches of this range advance, as I have said, towards the south. These districts are fruitful, comprise the whole of Iberia, and extend to Armenia and Colchis. In the middle is a plain watered by rivers, the largest of which is the Cyrus, which, rising in Armenia, immediately enters the above-mentioned plain, having received the Aragus,¹ which flows at the foot of the Caucasus, and other streams, passes through a narrow channel into Albania. It flows however between this country and Armenia in a large body through plains, which afford excellent pasture. After having received several rivers, and among these the Alazonius,² Sandobanes, the Rhoetaces, and Chanes, all of which are navigable, it discharges itself into the Caspian Sea. Its former name was Corus.

Geography. Strabo. Hans Claude Hamilton (Translator), William Falconer (Translator). London. 1854-1857.

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Geography (English) (Strabo. The Geography of Strabo, Vols. 1-3. Hamilton, Hans Claude, translator; Falconer, William, translator. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1854-1857.)

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Γεωγραφικά Perseus (Strabo. Strabonis Geographica, Vols. 1-3. Meineke, August, editor. Leipzig: Teubner. 1877.) — 11.3.2 focus

[2] τῆς δὲ χώρας τὰ μὲν κύκλῳ τοῖς Καυκασίοις ὄρεσι περιέχεται· προπεπτώκασι γάρ, ὡς εἶπον, ἀγκῶνες ἐπὶ τὴν μεσημβρίαν εὔκαρποι, περιλαμβάνοντες τὴν σύμπασαν Ἰβηρίαν καὶ συνάπτοντες πρός τε τὴν Ἀρμενίαν καὶ τὴν Κολχίδα· ἐν μέσῳ δʼ ἐστὶ πεδίον ποταμοῖς διάρρυτον, μεγίστῳ δὲ τῷ Κύρῳ, ὃς τὴν ἀρχὴν ἔχων ἀπὸ τῆς Ἀρμενίας, εἰσβαλὼν εὐθὺς εἰς τὸ πεδίον τὸ λεχθέν, παραλαβὼν καὶ τὸν Ἄραγον ἐκ τοῦ Καυκάσου ῥέοντα καὶ ἄλλα ὕδατα διὰ στενῆς ποταμίας εἰς τὴν Ἀλβανίαν ἐκπίπτει· μεταξὺ δὲ ταύτης τε καὶ τῆς Ἀρμενίας ἐνεχθεὶς πολὺς διὰ πεδίων εὐβοτουμένων σφόδρα, δεξάμενος καὶ ἄλλους πλείους ποταμούς, ὧν ἐστιν ὅ τε Ἀλαζόνιος καὶ ὁ Σανδοβάνης καὶ ὁ Ῥοιτάκης καὶ Χάνης πλωτοὶ πάντες εἰς τὴν Κασπίαν ἐμβάλλει θάλατταν. ἐκαλεῖτο δὲ πρότερον Κόρος.

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Geography (Books 6-14) Perseus (Strabo. The Geography of Strabo, Vols. 3-6. Jones, Horace Leonard, translator. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd., 1924-1929 (printing).) — 11.3.2 focus

[2] Parts of the country are surrounded by the Caucasian Mountains; for branches of these mountains, as I said before,¹ project towards the south; they are fruitful, comprise the whole of Iberia, and border on both Armenia and Colchis. In the middle is a plain intersected by rivers, the largest being the Cyrus. This river has its beginning in Armenia, flows immediately into the plain above-mentioned, receives both the Aragus, which flows from the Caucasus, and other streams, and empties through a narrow valley into Albania; and between the valley and Armenia it flows in great volume through plains that have exceedingly good pasture, receives still more rivers, among which are the Alazonius, Sandobanes, Rhoetaces, and Chanes, all navigable, and empties into the Caspian Sea. It was formerly called Corus.

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Geography

1. The Arak.

2. In the English map, reduced from the Russian military map, there are two rivers Alasan, flowing in contrary directions from M. Bebala. The modern names of the other rivers here mentioned are not well ascertained.

Strabo Geography 11.3.2

Hans Claude Hamilton (Translator), William Falconer (Translator)

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