Greek Texts & Translations

To stand the first in worth, as in command. ^note
Il. vi. 208. Pope. Add to this, that he wrote the history of Pompey. For these reasons he ought to have paid a greater regard to truth. 7

The second portion is that above the Hyrcanian, ^note which we also call the Caspian Sea, extending as far as the Scythians near the Indians.

The third portion is continuous with the above-mention- ed isthmus, and consists of the country following next in order to the isthmus and the Caspian Gates, ^note and approaching nearest the parts within the Taurus, and to Europe; these are Media, Armenia, Cappadocia, and the intervening country. ^note

The fourth portion consists of the tract within the Halys, ^note and the parts upon and without the Taurus, which coincide with the peninsula formed by the isthmus, ^note which separates the Euxine and the Cilician Seas. Among the other countries beyond the Taurus we place Indica and Ariana, ^note as far