[29] Zarmaïr, another king of this dynasty, took part in the defence of Troy. The historian emphasises the fact that he was killed by Achilles himself. [30] It is interesting to recall, in this connection, some passages of Strabo. Speaking of Armenia he says:—“It is said that people passing by the foot of the mountains are often buried in the snow which falls from the summits. In order to be prepared for such a mishap, travellers carry with them two long sticks for the purpose of making breathing places for themselves, should they be covered by the snow. The sticks, at the same time, serve as signals to any other travellers who may happen to be passing.” [31] Cf. the original text of the Armenian poem which is as follows:— Երգներ երգին և երգիր Erkner erkin ev erkir Երգներ և ծիրանի ծով Erkner ev dzirani dzov Երգն ի ծովուն ուներ Erkn i dzovun uner Զգարմրիգ եղեկնիգն. Zkarmrik eghegnikn. Ընգ եղեգան փող, ծուխ ելաներ Ŭnd eghegan pogh, dzukh elaner Ընգ եղեգան փող, քոց ելաներ Ŭnd eghegan pogh, botz elaner, Եվ ի քոցտին պատանեկիկ վազեր, Ev i botzuin patanekik vazer, Նա հուր հեր ուեր, Na hur her uner, Ապա թե բոց ուներ մօրուս Apa te botz uner morus Եվ աչկունքն եին արեգակունք. Ev achkunkn ein aregakunk. [32] The following lines from a Chaldean description of Ut-napisti, the Chaldean Noah’s sacrifice after the Flood, furnish an example from Assyrian poetry:— “The gods smelled a savour, The gods smelled a sweet savour, The gods gathered like flies over the sacrifice.” [33] Dziran in Armenian means “apricot,” therefore dzirani = “of apricot colour.” [34] Strabo says about Artaxata that it was built upon a design which Hannibal gave to King Artaxes (Artashes), who made it the capital of Armenia, and Tournefort, the famous French botanist, who travelled in Armenia in the seventeenth century, exclaims, in reference to this fact: “Who could have imagined that Hannibal would come from Africa to Armenia to be engineer to an Armenian king? But so it is.” [35] April, when the New Year commenced. [36] The son of Tigranes the Great. [37] “Armenios, one of the Argonauts, who was believed to have been a native of Rhodes or of Armenion in Thessaly, and to have settled in the country which was called after him, Armenia” (Strabo, xi. 530, etc.; Justin, xlii. 2; Steph. Byz. S. V. Αρμενια). [38] Translations of Moses of Khorene: Latin (with Armenian text), Whiston (G. & G.), London, 1736; Italian, Cappelletti (G.), Venice, 1841; Tommaseo (H.), Venice, 1849–50; German, Lauer (M.), Regensburg, 1869; French (with Armenian text), Le Vaillant de Florivel (P. E.), Paris, 1841 (2 vols.), and in Langlois’ Collection, vol. ii.; Russian, M. Emin, Moscow.