Chapter XXI: Book XI: Asia

SUMMARY.

The Eleventh Book commences with Asia and the river Don,
which, taking its rise in the northern regions, separates
Europe from Asia. It includes the nations situated in Asia
near its sources on the east and south, and the barbarous
Asiatic nations who occupy the neighbourhood of Mount
Caucasus, among whom are the Amazones, Massagetæ, Scythians,
Albani, Iberes, Bactriani, Caspii, Medes, Persians, and the
two Armenias, extending to Mesopotamia. Among these nations
are included the Troglodytæ, Heniochi, Sceptuchi, Soanes,
Assyrians, Polyphagi, Nabiani, Siraci, and Tapyri. Mention is
made of Jason and Medea, and of the cities founded by
them:--of Xerxes, Mithridates, and Alexander, son of Philip.