Note 19 — ITS EPICS, FOLK-SONGS, AND MEDIAEVAL POETRY

Strabo gives an erroneous etymology of the name “Armenia,” which he derives from “Armenios.”19 Perhaps he had heard of Aram, whose story is told in the epics. This story is known to us through Moses of Khorene, who derives the word “Armenia” from Aram, and says that the country was called by this name only by foreigners. As to the etymology of the word “Armenia,” there are many different opinions which we cannot discuss here; we will only say that the name “Armenia” is found in an inscription of Darius Hystaspes (510 B.C.).