[1050] In the text χειμάδιον. Kramer suggests the reading βασίλειον.
[1051] Lucerne?
[1052] Groskurd proposes “length.”
[1053] πῖλος
[1054] Heroic monuments of Jason.
[1055] Kharput.
[1056] An almost uniform tradition has pointed out an isolated peak of this range as the Ararat of Scripture. It is still called Ararat or Agri-Dagh, and by the Persians Kuh-il-Nuh, mountain of Noah. Smith.
[1057] Formerly the mass of ruins called Takt-Tiridate, (Throne of Tiridates,) near the junction of the Aras and the Zengue, were supposed to represent the ancient Artaxata. Col. Monteith fixes the site at a remarkable bend of the river somewhat lower down than this. See Smith, art. Artaxata.
[1058] Kars is the capital of this country.
[1059] σκώληκας and θρῖπας, species of worms. See Smith, art. Chorzene.