PARTHIAN_STATIONS

 

BY ISIDORE OF CHARAX

 

AN ACCOUNT OF THE OVERLAND TRADE ROUTE BETWEEN THE LEVANT AND INDIA IN THE FIRST CENTURY B.C.

 

THE GREEK TEXT WITH A TRANSLATION AND COMMENTARY by WILFRED H. SCHOFF

 

Transcribed from the Original London Edition, 1914

 

 

 

 

11. Beyond is Astauena, 60 schoeni, in which there are 12 villages in which there are stations; and the city of Asaac, in which Arsaces was first proclaimed king; and an everlasting fire is guarded there.