XERXE´NE
XERXE´NE (
Ξερξηνή,
Strab. xi. p.528), a district on the Euphrates, in the NW. part of Armenia, more properly, however, belonging to Cappadocia.
It is called Derxene by Pliny (
5.24. s. 20), and this perhaps is the more correct name. (Cf. Ritter,
Erdk. x. p. 769.)
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