Chorasmii
CHORA´SMII (Χωράσμιοι, Her. 3.93, 117; Strab. 11. p. 513; Dionys. Per. 10.746; Arrian, 4.15; Curt. 7.4, 8.1; Steph. B. s. v.;Ptol. 6.12.4; Plin. Nat. 6.16), an extensive tribe of Sogdiana, now represented by Khawarezm, in the desert country of Khiva, on the banks of the Gihon. The name is not always written exactly the same: thus Strabo (11. p. 513) called the people Chorasmusini, which is probably an error; and in some editions of Ptolemy they are. called Choramnii. They appear to have been of a Scythian stock, and are coupled by ancient authors. with the Daae, Massagetae, and Soghdi. Stephanus, on. the authority of Hecataeus, states that there was also a city called Chorasmia, of which the Chorasmii were the inhabitants.
[V](Χωράσμιοι). A people of Sogdiana, who inhabited the banks and islands of the lower course of the Oxus. They were a branch of the Sacae or Massagetae.
- on the Oxus: Hdt. 3.93, Hdt. 3.117
- in Xerxes' army: Hdt. 7.66