Araxes
(
Ἀράξης). The name of several rivers.
1.
In Armenia, rising in Mt. Aba or Abus, joining the Cyrus, and falling with it into the
Caspian Sea. The Araxes was proverbial for the force of its current.
2.
In Mesopotamia.
3.
In Persia, the river on which Persepolis stood, flowing into a salt lake not far below that
city.
4.
It is doubtful whether the Araxes of Herodotus is the same as the Oxus, Iaxartes, or
Volga.
5.
The Peneus in Thessaly.