[513] This was called Alexandria Ultima, on the Jaxartes, probably the modern Khojend.
[514] Cf. Curtius (vii. 26). Zariaspa was another name for Bactra. See Pliny (vi. 18) and Strabo (xi. 11).
[515] This city was also called Cyreschata, because it was the furthest city founded by Cyrus, and the extreme city of the Persian empire.
[516] δυσί was not used in Attic Greek, or but seldom. It became common after the time of Alexander.
[517] Instead of ἡμέρᾳ μιᾷ, Sintenis reads ἡμέραν μίαν.
[518] This city was called by the Greeks, Alexandria on the Tanais. See Curtius, vii. 28.
[519] Cf. Livy, xxi. 27:—Hispani sine ulla mole in utres vestimentis conjectis ipsi caetris superpositis incubantes flumen tranavere.
[520] See Herodotus, iv. 122-142.
[521] This was Maracanda, according to iii. 30 supra. There is an error in the text; Abicht proposes to read ἐπὶ τὰ ὅρια, instead of ἐς τὰ βασίλεια.
[522] This river is now called Sogd, or Kohik. The Greek name signifies “very precious,” a translation of the native name. Cf. Strabo, p. 518.