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Title: The student's manual of ancient geography, based upon the Dictionary of Greek and Roman geography
Year: 1861 (1860s)
Authors: Smith, William, 1813-1893, ed
Subjects: Geography, Ancient
Publisher: London, J. Murray
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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)Monnd of 236 SUSIAXA —EUIXS OF SUSA. Book II. bordering on Media ; Cissia, in its restricted application, the districtabout Susa ; and the Elymaei in the maritime plain. Of the townswe know but little. The only important one was Susa, the Shushanof the Bible, centrally situated near the junction of the hills and theplain on the left bank of the Choaspes.
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Susa rose to importance as one of the royal residences ^ of the Per-sian monarchs. Among the causes which led to this selection may benoticed its excellent water^^ the beauty of its scenery^ and the retired- 5 Hence the name became familiar to the Greek and Latin poets.Oire TO 2otcrtoI^ rjS EK^aravcov,Kat TO rraKaiov Klacnvov ep/cos UpokL-6vT€? e/Sar. .EscH. Fers. 16. • Xon tot Achcemeniis armantur Susa sagittis, Spieula quot nostro pectore fixit Amor.—Propert. ii. 13, 1.Achsemeniis decurrant Medica SvisisAgniina. LrcAX, ii. 49. ^ The water of the Choaspes is said to have been specially reserved for the useof the monarchs. Hence Milton describes it as the amber stream,The drink of none but kings (Par. Reg. iii. 288),and Tibullus (y\. i. 140) as regia hmpha Choaspes. Chap. XIII. MEDIA — BOUNDARIES. 237 ness of its situation. The name probably refers to the number of lilies(in the Persian language Shushan) that grew there. It is sometimesdescribed as on the Eulseus, sometimes on

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