Ἄριοι

A. Medes, Hdt. 7.62; Μάγοι καὶ πᾶν τὸ Αριον(Ἄρειον codd.) γένος Eudem. ap. Dam. Pr. 125 bis; ἔκοψα κομμὸν Ἄριον(Ἄρειον codd.) a Median lament, A. Ch. 423 (lyr.):—hence Ἀριανή, ἡ, name of the eastern Iranian highlands, Str. 15.2.1: Ἀριανοί, οἱ, its inhabitants, D.S. 2.37, cf. 1.94, Ael. NA 16.16 (cf. Avest. Airyana).

II. inhabitants of the Persian satrapy of Ἀρεία (Arr. An. 3.25.1), Pers. Haraiva, Hdt. 7.66; written Ἄρειοι, Id. 3.93, Arr.l.c.