Azara

AZARA (Ἄζαρα), mentioned by Strabo (11. p. 527) in his Account of Armenia as situated on the Araxes; some read τὰ Ζάρα : probably like other words occurring in that country, the name was spelt indifferently. Groskurd (note ad l. c.) is inclined to think it was a temple dedicated to the goddess Zaretis, or the Perso-Armenian Artemis. (Comp. Hesych. s. v.; Selden, de Diis Syriis Synt. 2.100.15.)