Μηδία — Anabasis Mather

Μηδία Media, the name used by Xenophon for Assyria, the district lying along the Tigris above Babylon; it was conquered by the Medes about 606 B.C. τὸ Μηδίας τεῖχος, the wall of Media; its exact position cannot be determined from existing ruins. It ran from the Euphrates, near Pylae, northeast to the Tigris, and was built by the Babylonians perhaps early in the sixth century B.C., as a defense against the invading Medes. Μῆδοι, -ων, οἱ, of, Medes, inhabitants of Media.

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land of the Medes

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