Greek Texts & Translations

Scythians, who dwell along the said sea ^note and Mount Imaus. These countries are possessed on the one side by the Maeotae, ^note and the people dwelling between the Sea of Hyrcania and the Euxine as far as the Caucasus, the Iberians ^note and Albanians, ^note viz. the Sauromatians, Scythians, ^note Achtaeans, Zygi, and Heniochi: on the other side beyond the Sea of Hyrcania, ^note by the Scythians, ^note 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, ^note the whole of Cappadocia ^note as far as the Euxine, and the Tibaranic nations. ^note Further [west] is the country designated on this side the Halys, ^note 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 Aegaean and adjacent seas Aeolia, Ionia, Caria, and Lycia. Inland is the Phrygia which contains that portion of Gallo-Graecia styled Galatia, Phrygia Epictetus, ^note the Lycaonians, and the Lydians. 32

Next these on this side the Taurus are the mountaineers of Paropamisus, and various tribes of Parthians, Medes, Armenians, Cilicians, with the Lycaonians, ^note and Pisidians. ^note