Strabo, Geography, Hans Claude Hamilton (Translator), William Falconer (Translator), 16.1.17

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[17] At the distance of 500 stadia from Seleuceia is Artemita, a considerable city, situated nearly directly to the east, which is the position also of Sitacene.¹ This extensive and fertile tract of country lies between Babylon and Susiana, so that the whole road in travelling from Babylon to Susa passes through Sitacene. The road from Susa² into the interior of Persis, through the territory of the Uxii,³ and from Persis into the middle of Carmania,⁴ leads also towards the east.

Persis, which is a large country, encompasses Carmania on the [west]⁵ and north. Close to it adjoin Paraetacene,⁶ and the Cossaean territory as far as the Caspian Gates, inhabited by mountainous and predatory tribes. Contiguous to Susiana is Elymaïs, a great part of which is rugged, and inhabited by robbers. To Elymaïs adjoin the country about the Zagrus⁷ and Media.⁸

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.) — 16.1.17 focus

[17] ἔστι δὲ καὶ Ἀρτεμίτα πόλις ἀξιόλογος, διέχουσα πεντακοσίους τῆς Σελευκείας σταδίους, πρὸς ἕω τὸ πλέον, καθάπερ καὶ ἡ Σιτακηνή· καὶ γὰρ αὕτη πολλή τε καὶ ἀγαθὴ μέση Βαβυλῶνος τέτακται καὶ τῆς Σουσίδος, ὥστε τοῖς ἐκ Βαβυλῶνος εἰς Σοῦσα βαδίζουσι διὰ τῆς Σιτακηνῆς ἡ ὁδὸς ἅπασα πρὸς ἕω· πρὸς ἕω δʼ ἐστὶ καὶ τοῖς ἐκ Σούσων εἰς τὴν μεσόγαιαν τῆς Περσίδος διὰ τῆς Οὐξίας καὶ τοῖς ἐκ τῆς Περσίδος εἰς τὰ μέσα τῆς Καρμανίας. τὴν μὲν οὖν Καρμανίαν ἐγκυκλοῦται πρὸς ἑσπέραν καὶ ἄρκτον ἡ Περσὶς πολλὴ οὖσα· ταύτῃ δὲ συνάπτει ἡ Παραιτακηνὴ καὶ ἡ Κοσσαία μέχρι Κασπίων πυλῶν, ὀρεινὰ καὶ λῃστρικὰ ἔθνη· τῇ δὲ Σουσίδι ἡ Ἐλυμαῒς καὶ αὐτὴ τραχεῖα ἡ πολλὴ καὶ λῃστρική· τῇ δὲ Ἐλυμαΐδι τὰ περὶ τὸν Ζάγρον καὶ ἡ Μηδία.

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Geography

1. Descura. D’Anville.

2. Sus.

3. Asciac part of Khosistan.

4. Kerman.

5. Groskurd here supposes an omission by the copyist of the words ἑσπέοͅαν καί ποͅὸς before ἄοͅκτον.

6. Paraetacene, Cossaea, and Elymaïs occupied the mountainous parts of Irak Adjami.

7. Aïaghi-dagh.

8. Media extended partly into Irak Adjami, and partly into Kurdistan.

Strabo Geography 16.1.17

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

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