ARSA´NIAS
ARSA´NIAS (
Ἀρσανίας:
Myrád-cháï), an affluent of the Euphrates according to Pliny (
5.24,
6.31; comp.
Tac. Ann. 15.15 ;
Plut. Luc. 31). Ritter (
Erdkunde, vol. x. pp. 85, 98, 101, 646, vol. xi. p. 110) considers it to be the S. arm of the Euphrates (St. Martin,
Mém. sur l'Armenie, pp. 50, 51, 171).
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