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1 Choaspes
I.A river in Susiana, distinguished for its pure water, from which the Persian kings drank, now Kerrah, Kerkhah, or Kara-su, Plin. 6, 27, 31, § 130; 31, 3, 21, § 35:II.regia lympha,
Tib. 4, 1, 140; Curt. 5, 2, 9.—Personified, as a river-god, Val. Fl. 5, 584.— -
2 Choaspis
I.A river in Susiana, distinguished for its pure water, from which the Persian kings drank, now Kerrah, Kerkhah, or Kara-su, Plin. 6, 27, 31, § 130; 31, 3, 21, § 35:II.regia lympha,
Tib. 4, 1, 140; Curt. 5, 2, 9.—Personified, as a river-god, Val. Fl. 5, 584.—
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