ARABIAE
ARABIAE and ARABICUS MONS (
τῆς Ἀραβίης, τὸ Ἀράβιον ὀ̂ρος :
Jebel Mokattem, &c.), the name given by Herodotus (
2.8) to the range of mountains which form the eastern border of the
[p. 1.182]Nile-valley, and separated it from the part of Arabia W. of the Arabian Gulf.
The range on the west side towards Libya he names, in the same way, Libyci Montes. [
AEGYPTUS]
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P.S]