Στιβότης
Stibotes, Stiboites, Stiboetes
Translated by David Whitehead9 Dec 2002Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
Name of a river.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Στιβότης· ὄνομα ποταμοῦ.
Betacode
*stibo/ths: o)/noma potamou=.
Notes
- Given here as Stibotes, but more correctly Stiboites/Stiboetes. In Hyrcania (in present-day Iran/Turkmenistan): see Diodorus Siculus 17.75.2 (Alexander the Great encounters it).
References
A.B. Bosworth, A Historical Commentary on Arrian's History of Alexander, 1 (Oxford 1980) 350
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Revision history4 revisions · last 1 Jan 2014
- Revised — David Whitehead
- Revised — David Whitehead
- augmented note, with bibliography — David Whitehead
- set status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead