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

REIGNS OF ARM^EKAC AND HARMA. 15
of perfection. In person he was of a towering
height, and athletic make, yet with a countenance
of the highest cast of manly beauty. His
mental endowments and acquirements were of
a no less distinguished nature. He was quick in
his perception, and admirably just in his discrimination
;
gifted also witli^such a persuasive
eloquence, that his rude contemporaries bestowed
upon him the surname of the Savoury, or
the man in whose language shone the highest
excellence. He was the most skilful archer of
the age in which he lived ; and, indeed, in whatever
point of view his character is taken, the
same superiority is exhibited throughout. Sisac,
on receiving this country from his father, covered
the whole face of it with villages and
hamlets, giving it the name of Sisakan. It is
sometimes also called Seunic, and from these
two appellations the inhabitants took the names
of Sisakans and Seunics. Gelam, after settling
the condition of this new province, proceeded
eastward, and extended his dominions
as far as the river Core ;
the inhabitants of the
country, even to the Caspian Sea, willingly
submitted to his sway, and took the name of
Aluans, from one of his surnames. Gelam
then returned into the heart of his kingdom,
and founded a city near a stream at the foot
of a mountain, which he called Gelamy, be-