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τῆς μὲν οὖν Ἀδιαβηνῆς ἡ πλείστη πεδιάς ἐστι, καὶ αὐτὴ τῆς Βαβυλωνίας μέρος οὖσα ἔχουσα δ᾽ ὅμως ἄρχοντα ἴδιον, ἔστιν ὅπη καὶ τῇ Ἀρμενίᾳ προσχωροῦσα. οἱ γὰρ Μῆδοι καὶ οἱ Ἀρμένιοι τρίτοι δὲ Βαβυλώνιοι τὰ μέγιστα τῶν ἐθνῶν τῶν ταύτῃ διετέλουν οὕτως ἐξ ἀρχῆς συνεστῶτες ὥστ᾽ ἀλλήλοις ἐπιτίθεσθαι κατὰ καιροὺς τοὺς οἰκείους ἕκαστοι καὶ πάλιν διαλύεσθαι: καὶ τοῦτο καὶ μέχρι τῆς τῶν Παρθυαίων ἐπικρατείας διέμεινε. τῶν μὲν οὖν Μήδων καὶ τῶν Βαβυλωνίων [p. 1039] ἐπάρχουσι Παρθυαῖοι, τῶν δ᾽ Ἀρμενίων οὐδ᾽ ἅπαξ: ἀλλ᾽ ἔφοδοι μὲν γεγόνασι πολλάκις, ἀνὰ κράτος δ᾽ οὐχ ἑάλωσαν, ἀλλ᾽ ὅ γε Τιγράνης καὶ ἐρρωμένως ἀντεπεκράτησεν, ὡς ἐν τοῖς Ἀρμενιακοῖς εἴρηται. ἡ μὲν οὖν Ἀδιαβηνὴ τοιαύτη1: περὶ δὲ τῆς Μεσοποταμίας ἐροῦμεν ἐφεξῆς καὶ τῶν πρὸς μεσημβρίαν ἐθνῶν, ἐπιόντες ἐπὶ μικρὸν πρότερον τὰ λεγόμενα περὶ τῶν ἐθῶν τῶν παρὰ τοῖς Ἀσσυρίοις.

1 post τοιαύτη: καλοῦνται δ᾽ οἱ Ἀδιαβηνοὶ καὶ Σακκόποδες:

Strabo. ed. A. Meineke, Geographica. Leipzig: Teubner. 1877.

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