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[13] τὸν δὲ Ἀράξην κληθῆναι νομίζουσι κατὰ τὴν ὁμοιότητα τὴν πρὸς τὸν Πηνειὸν ὑπὸ τῶν περὶ τὸν Ἄρμενον ὁμωνύμως ἐκείνῳ: καλεῖσθαι γὰρ Ἀράξην κἀκεῖνον διὰ τὸ ἀπαράξαι τὴν Ὄσσαν ἀπὸ τοῦ Ὀλύμπου ῥήξαντα τὰ Τέμπη: καὶ τὸν ἐν Ἀρμενίᾳ δὲ ἀπὸ τῶν ὀρῶν καταβάντα πλατύνεσθαί φασι τὸ παλαιόν, καὶ πελαγίζειν ἐν τοῖς ὑποκειμένοις πεδίοις οὐκ ἔχοντα διέξοδον, Ἰάσονα δὲ μιμησάμενον τὰ Τέμπη ποιῆσαι τὴν διασφάγα, δι᾽ ἧς καταράττει νυνὶ τὸ ὕδωρ εἰς τὴν Κασπίαν θάλατταν: ἐκ δὲ τούτου γυμνωθῆναι τὸ Ἀραξηνὸν πεδίον, δι᾽ οὗ τυγχάνει ῥέων ἐπὶ τὸν καταράκτην ὁ ποταμός. οὗτος μὲν οὖν ὁ λόγος περὶ τοῦ Ἀράξου ποταμοῦ λεγόμενος ἔχει τι πιθανόν, ὁ δὲ Ἡροδότειος οὐ πάνυ: φησὶ γὰρ ἐκ Ματιηνῶν αὐτὸν ῥέοντα εἰς τετταράκοντα ποταμοὺς σχίζεσθαι, μερίζειν δὲ Σκύθας καὶ Βακτριανούς: καὶ Καλλισθένης δὲ ἠκολούθησεν αὐτῷ.
Strabo. ed. A. Meineke, Geographica. Leipzig: Teubner. 1877.
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