Arsanias

ARSA´NIAS (Ἀρσανίας: Myrád-cháï), an affluent of the Euphrates according to Pliny (Plin. Nat. 5.24, 6.31; comp. Tac. Ann. 15.15; Plut. Luc. 31). Ritter (Erdkunde, vol. x. pp. 85, 98, 101, 646, vol. 11. p. 110) considers it to be the S. arm of the Euphrates (St. Martin, Mém. sur l'Armenie, pp. 50, 51, 171).