Plut. Mor., Rivers and Mountains 24 — Of the Names of Rivers and Mountains, and of Such Things as Are to Be Found Therein

Plut. Mor., Rivers and Mountains 24 — Of the Names of Rivers and Mountains, and of Such Things as Are to Be Found Therein, Plutarch; served verbatim

Tigris. Tigris is a river of Armenia flowing into Araxes and the lake of Arsacis, formerly called Sollax, which signifies running and carried downward. It was called Tigris upon this occasion. Bacchus, through the design of Juno running mad, wandered over sea and land, desirous to be quit of his distemper. At length coming into Armenia, and not being able to pass the river before-mentioned, he called upon Jupiter ; who, listening to his prayers, sent him a tiger that carried him safely over the water. In remembrance of which accident, he called the river Tigris ; — as Theophilus relates in his First Book of Stones. But Hermesianax the Cyprian tells the story thus : — Bacchus falling in love with the Nymph Alphesiboea, and being able to vanquish her neither with presents nor entreaties, turned himself into the shape of the river Tigris. and overcoming his beloved by fear, took her away, and carrying her over the river, begat a son whom he called Medus who growing up in years, in remembrance of the ; accident he called the river by the name of Tigris as ; — Aristonymus relates in his Third Book . . . In this river a stone is to be found, called myndan, very white which whoever possesses shall never be hurt by — ; wild beasts as Leo of Byzantium relates in his Third ; Book of Rivers. Near to this river lies the mountain Gauran so called ; from Gauran the son of the satrap Roxanes who, being ; extremely religious and devout towards the Gods, received this reward of his piety, that of all the Persians he only lived three hundred years and dying at last without ; being ever afflicted with any disease, was buried upon the top of the mountain Gauran, where he had a sumptuous monument erected to his memory. Afterwards, by the providence of the Gods, the name of the mountain was changed to that of Mausorus. In this mountain grows an herb, which is like to wild barley. This herb the natives heat over the fire, and anointing themselves with the oil of it, are never sick, till the necessity of dying overtakes them — as Sostratus ; writes in his First Collection of Fabulous History.

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Of the Names of Rivers and Mountains, and of Such Things as Are to Be Found Therein, Plutarch — translated by R. White (rev. W. W. Goodwin), 1874
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