A.Medes, Hdt.7.62; Μάγοι καὶ πᾶν τὸ Αριον (Ἄρειον codd.) “γένος” Eudem. ap. Dam.Pr.125 bis; ἔκοψα κομμὸν Ἄριον (Ἄρειον codd.) a Median lament, A.Ch.423 (lyr.):—hence Ἀριανή , ἡ, name of the eastern Iranian highlands, Str.15.2.1: Ἀριανοί , οἱ, its inhabitants, D.S.2.37, cf. 1.94, Ael.NA16.16 (cf. Avest. Airyana).
II. inhabitants of the Persian satrapy of Ἀρεία (Arr.An.3.25.1), Pers. Haraiva, Hdt.7.66; written Ἄρειοι, Id.3.93, Arr.l.c.