Histories

The eighth is the +Azov [39.433,47.1] (inhabited place), Rostov, Rossiya, Russia, Asia Tanaïs river;[*](The Don.) in its upper course, this begins by flowing out of a great lake, and enters a yet greater lake called the Maeetian, which divides the Royal Scythians from the Sauromatae; another river, called Hyrgis,[*](Perhaps the “Syrgis” of Hdt. 4.123; it may be the modern Donetz.) is a tributary of this +Azov [39.433,47.1] (inhabited place), Rostov, Rossiya, Russia, Asia Tanaïs.