Great Media

English Etymology en grc Μεγάλη Μηδία Great Media, as inferred from Strabo's description of the division of Media in his Geography (Strabo) Geography (11.13.1): grc ἡ δὲ Μηδία δίχα διῄρηται: καλοῦσι δὲ τὴν μὲν μεγάλην, ἧς μητρόπολις τὰ Ἐκβάτανα […] Media is divided into two parts; they call the one great, whose metropolis is Ecbatana […] 1 Proper noun Great Media en historical The larger, southern portion of ancient Media following the latter’s partition by the Macedonians, the smaller northern portion being Atropatian Media, also known as Atropatia or Atropatene. en Greater Media Media Magna en 1839 The Penny Cyclopædia 15 London 54 https://books.google.com/books?id=dhzGg_MFsMwC&pg=PA54 Great Media, which is a high table-land, is said by all antient writers to have had a good climate and a fertile soil; [...] en 1871 Charles Anthon A New Classical Dictionary 632 New York https://books.google.com/books?id=2ToPAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA632 The Persian empire had now reached its greatest extent, from Thrace and Cyrenaïca on the west to the Indus on the east, and from the Euxine, the Caucasus (or, rather, a little below it), the Caspian, and the Oxus and Jaxartes on the north, to Æthiopia, Arabia, and the Erythræan Sea on the south, and it embraced, in Europe, Thrace and some of the Greek cities north of the Euxine; in Africa, Egypt and Cyrenaïca; in Asia, on the west, Palestine, Phœnicia, Syria, the several districts of Asia Minor, Armenia, Mesopotamia, Assyria, Babylonia, Susiana, Atropatene, Great Media; on the north, [...] en 1891 Chambers's Encyclopædia 7 113 https://books.google.com/books?id=w3xRAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA113 In 147 B.C. Mithridates I. took Great Media from the king of Syria, and annexed it to the Parthian empire. Translations Azerbaijani: az Böyük Midiya French: fr Grande Médie f German: de Großmedien n Italian: it Gran Media f Latin: la Mēdia Magna f Polish: pl Media Wielka f Russian: ru Великая Мидия f