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 CHAP. v. 32. INTRODUCTION. 195 Scythians, who dwell along the said sea l and Mount Imaus. These countries are possessed on the one side by the Mseotse, 2 and the people dwelling between the Sea of Hyrcania and the Euxine as far as the. Caucasus, the Iberians 3 and Albanians, 4 viz. the Sauromatians, Scythians, 5 Achaeans, Zygi, and Heni- ochi : on the other side beyond the Sea of Hyrcania, 6 by the Scythians, 7 Hyrcanians, Parthians, Bactrians, Sogdians, and the other nations of India farther towards the north. To the south, partly by the Sea of Hyrcania, and partly by the whole isthmus which separates this sea from the Euxine, is situated the greater part of Armenia, Colchis, 8 the whole of Cappadocia 9 as far as the Euxine, and the Tibaranic nations. 10 Further [west] is the country designated on this side the Halys, 11 containing on the side of the Euxine and Propontis the Paphlagonians, Bithynians, Mysians, and Phrygia on the Hellespont, which comprehends the Troad ; and on the side of the ^Egasan and adjacent seas JEolia, Ionia, Caria, and Lycia. Inland is the Phrygia which contains that portion of Gallo-Graecia styled Galatia, Phrygia Epictetus, 12 the Lycaonians, and the Lydians. 32. Next these on this side the Taurus are the mountaineers of Paropamisus, and various tribes of Parthians, Medes, Ar- menians, Cilicians, with "the Lycaonians," 13 and Pisidians. 14 1 The Bay of Bengal. 2 Sarmatian Meeotae in the Greek text, but apparently incorrect. 3 Inhabitants of Georgia. * Inhabitants of Shirvan. 5 The Scythians here alluded to are the Tartars of Kuban ; the Achse- ans and Zygi are the modern Ziketi ; the Heniochi are the Abkazeti. 6 East of the Caspian. 7 These Scythians are the Tartars of the Kharasm. The Hyrcanians are the inhabitants of Daghistan and the Corcan. The Parthians occu- pied the north of Khorasan ; the Bactrians the country of Balk. The Sogdians inhabited Bukaria, where are Samarcand and the valley of Al-Sogd. 8 Mingrelia. 9 Cappadocia comprehended a portion of the modern Roum and Kara- mania between the Euphrates and the river Halys. 10 Under this name Strabo included a portion of the kingdom of Pontus and other small tribes as far as Colchis. 11 Now the Kizil-Irmak. 12 The northern and western portions of Phrygia. 13 Probably an interpolation. 14 The mountaineers of Paropamisus were those who inhabited the mountains which separate Bactriana from India. The Parthians occu- pied the mountains north of the modern Khorasan. Under the name of Medians Strabo comprehends the various nations who inhabited the mountainous country between Parthia and Armenia. The Cilicians in- o 2