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the other. It is watered by four navigable rivers, and pos
sesses an abundance of cattle. 1 The people, he adds, were
originally a colony of Phrygians. 2 But, on the contrary,
Strabo, whilst he gives the tradition of their descent from
Armenus (who had followed Jason from Thessaly into
Armenia), adds, that the Armenians are in some degree
relatives of the Thessalians. 3
Towards the east are Media Magna and Atropatena; to Ancient
the north, the mountains of Parachoathras, which overlook Armenia,
the Caspian Sea, and the country of the Albanians, the Ibe
rians, and Caucasus. To the west are the mountains of
Paryadres 4 and the Cydisses, as far as Armenia Minor, and
that part of the river Euphrates which separates Armenia
from Cappadocia and Commagene; 5 and finally the Taurus
separates it from Mesopotamia. 6
Moses Choronensis 7 gives nearly the same limits. He says
that Armenia Major is situated eastward from Cappadocia
and Armenia Minor, and that the river Euphrates and the
mountains of Taurus separate it from Mesopotamia. South
ward is Assyria, stretching along the frontiers of Atropatia
and Media, as far as the mouths of the Araxes. To the north
it has Albania, Iberia, and Egeria, i. Colchis.
D ivisions of A rmenia by M oses C horonensis.
Within these limits are fifteen great provinces, which are
named in the following order, viz.:—
In the North, and going from W. to. E.,
1. High Armenia, or Bartzer Haic.
2. Daik'h.
3. Koukark'h, or Gugars.
4. Oudi, or Uti.
In the centre; also from W. to E.,
5. Fourth Armenia, or Chavroot Haic.
1 Herod., lib. V., c. xlix. 2 Lib. VII., c. Ixxiii. 3 Lib. XL, p, 530.
4 Pliny says that Armenia Major commences at the Paryadres, and ex
tends to Adiabene; also to the river Tigris, on the side of Mesopotamia,
and to the Euphrates towards Cappadocia.—Lib. YL, c. ix.
5 Lib. XI., p. 527. 6 Lib. XI., p. 621. 7 Geog., p. 357.
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