Araxes

The River Araxes is noisy, rapid, vehement, and, with the melting of the snows, irresistible: the strongest and most massy bridges are swept away by the current; and its indignation is attested by the ruins of many arches near the old town of Zulfa.

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206

"I am hunting down a man called Araxes," answered the Doctor.

Ziska Marie Corelli 1889

Khabur -- the Araxes of Xenophon -- flows from the Kurdistan mountains southwards, and runs into the Euphrates.] [Footnote 115: The Gozan river cannot be, as tacitly assumed by Asher, the Kizil Uzun (also known as the Araxes).

The Itinerary of Benjamin of Tudela Benjamin of Tudela

Alexander had already sent Philotas ahead to bridge the Araxes River on the way to the city.

Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011

Alexander had already sent Philotas ahead to bridge the Araxes River on the way to the city.

Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011

Alexander had already sent Philotas ahead to bridge the Araxes River on the way to the city.

Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011

Bouguereau, who won the contest himself with "Zenobia Discovered by Shepherds on the Banks of the Araxes" below in 1850.

En Loge Competition James Gurney 2009

Bouguereau, who won the contest himself with "Zenobia Discovered by Shepherds on the Banks of the Araxes" below in 1850.

Archive 2009-04-01 James Gurney 2009

Those heard it who dwelt in the Colchian land very far from Titanian Aea, near the outfall of Lycus, the river which parts from loud-roaring Araxes and blends his sacred stream with

The Argonautica 2008

You will embrace the same regimen, although you should be passionately fond of wine; and even although, on the banks of the Phasis and Araxes, it should often be necessary for you.

A Philosophical Dictionary 2007