Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Caucasus” in book 4, chapter 12 of Herodotus, The Histories:
...nope has since been founded; and it is clear that the Scythians pursued them and invaded Media, missing their way;
for the Cimmerians always fled along the coast, and the Scythians pursued with the Caucasus on their right until they came into the Median land, turning inland on their way. That is the other story current among Greeks and foreigners alike.
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