History of Armenia, by Father Michael Chamich; from B. C. 2247 to ...

REIGNS OF ARMENAC AND HARMA. 13
banks of the river before mentioned, which had
received the name of Gihon. The new city,
which afterwards became the capital of his
kingdom, he called Armavir, after himself, and
the name of the river he changed to Arax,
after his son Arast.
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Aramais had several sons,
of whom Sharah, was the most ravenous
glutton in the dominions of his father.
Sharah
had a numerous family, and on that account
received peculiar marks of his father's
favour.
A portion of the most fertile land in the kingdom,
situate near the river Akhoorian, was
given him as a maintenance. Here he settled
himself with his family, giving the
country the
name of Shirac. From the insatiable appetite
of this prince, and the abundant fruitfulness
his lands, arose the ancient proverb, ** If you
have the craving stomach of Sharah, ours are
not the granaries of Shirac !" Aramais having
reigned about 40 years, or according to the
Septuagint, 90 years, died, and was succeeded
in his power by his son Amassia.
This Prince fixed the seat of his government 2060?
in the city of Armavir. He had three sons,
Gelam, Pharokh and Zolak. Shortly after he
had assumed the supreme authority, he set out
on a journey to Mount Ararat, accompanied
by his sons. On his arrival there he built at the
foot of it two villages, at the distance of a day's
of