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The eighth is the Tanaïs river;1 in its upper course, this begins by flowing out of a great lake, and enters a yet greater lake called the Maeetian, which divides the Royal Scythians from the Sauromatae; another river, called Hyrgis,2 is a tributary of this Tanaïs.

1 The Don.

2 Perhaps the “Syrgis” of Hdt. 4.123; it may be the modern Donetz.

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