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(Τηλεβόας; Tēlebóas). [German version] [1] Mythical people in western Acarnania See Teleboae. Kessler, Karlheinz (Emskirchen) [German version] [2] Greek name of a river in Armenia Greek name for a river in Armenia described in Xen. An. 4,4,3 as beautiful but small. It is usually identified with the Karasu, an eastern tributary of the Euphrates in the Muh region. Kessler, Karlheinz (Emskirchen) Bibliography F. H. Weissbach, s. v. T. (3), RE 5 A, 313.

(Τηλεβόας). [English version] [1] Mythisches Volk im Westen Akarnaniens s. Teleboai Kessler, Karlheinz [English version] [2] Griech. Bezeichnung für einen Fluß in Armenia Griech. Bezeichnung für einen bei Xen. an. 4,4,3 als schön, aber klein beschriebenen Fluß in Armenia. Zumeist wird er mit dem Karasu, einem östl. Nebenfluß des Euphrates in der Region von Muh identifiziert. Kessler, Karlheinz Bibliography F. H. Weissbach, s. v. T. (3), RE 5 A, 313.

[German version] (Τηλεβόαι; Tēlebóai). Mythical people in the west of Acarnania, on Leucas (Str. 7,321 f.) and the adjoining islands (Plin. HN 4,53). Their eponymous progenitor Teleboas is considered a son of Poseidon and the father of Pterelaus (Anaximand. FGrH 9 F 1) or as the latter's son of Pterelaus and the brother of Taph(i)us (Herodorus FGrH 31 F 15). His descriptive name means 'far-calling' (Eust. Od. 1396,3-4) or derives in a strange etymology from T.'s campaign against Electryon to steal his 'oxen' ( bóas) 'far' ( tḗle) from his homeland (schol. Apoll. Rhod. 1,747), to …

[English version] (Τηλεβόαι). Mythisches Volk im Westen Akarnaniens, auf Leukas (Strab. 7,321 f.) und den vorgelagerten Inseln (Plin. nat. 4,53). Ihr eponymer Stammvater Teleboas gilt als Sohn des Poseidon und Vater des Pterelaos (Anaximand. FGrH 9 F 1) bzw. als Sohn desselben und Bruder des Taph(i)os (Herodoros FGrH 31 F 15). Der sprechende Name bedeutet “weithin rufend” (Eust. Od. 1396,3-4) oder leitet sich in verquerer Etym. ab vom Zug der T. gegen Elektryon, um “weit entfernt” ( tḗle) von der Heimat dessen “Rinder” ( bóas) zu rauben (schol. Apoll. Rhod. 1,747), was von Amp…

the administrative units of the Achaemenid empire. ACHAEMENID SATRAPIES, the administrative units of the Achaemenid empire. In modern research the use of the term satrapy follows that of the word satrapeia ( satrapēiē) in Greek sources. In the extant Old Persian (OPers.) texts, there is no word that is an equivalent to satrapy with regard to both etymology and meaning. Only the title xsaça-pā-van-, which combines pā (protect) and xsaça- (empire, sovereignty) with the suffix - van- and thus describes an administrator as the “protector of empire” or “protector of sovereig…

series of articles that covers Irano-Armenian relations in pre-modern times.A version of this article is available in printVolume II, Fascicle 4-5, pp. 417-478See also: ARMENIANS IN MODERN IRAN.i. Armina, Achaemenid provinceArmina is named as a province (satrapy) of the Achaemenid empire; the inhabitants are called Arminiya- “Armenian.” As a by-form of the country’s name, the form Arminiya-, is attested six times in DB 2.33-63, but only in the locative form Arminiyaiy (on this word see R. Schmitt, Acta Antiqua 25, 1977, p. 96 n. 16). Armina is the source of Greek Arménioi “Armen…