Back down along the Orontes, very early the day before, my friend dropped me off on a dirt track by a copse of trees.
Life on the Syrian Border|Melik Kaylan|July 1, 2011|DAILY BEAST
The Turkish farmers take irrigation water from the Orontes via steel pipes.
Life on the Syrian Border|Melik Kaylan|July 1, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Whether Tissaphernes and Orontes both married daughters of the king, is uncertain.
The First Four Books of Xenophon's Anabasis|Xenophon
Orontes also brought with him the king's daughter, whom he had received in marriage.
The First Four Books of Xenophon's Anabasis|Xenophon
I have visited their tents in the plains near Kadesh on Orontes, and in the oak-dotted vale where the Eleutherus rises.
Palestine|Claude Reignier Conder
Arrived there, the relics were transferred to her Majesty's ship "Orontes," and so conveyed to England.
The Story of the Zulu Campaign|Waller Ashe
In the mean time Tissaphernes arrived, with his army, as if with the view of returning home; and Orontes came with his army.
The First Four Books of Xenophon's Anabasis|Xenophon
British Dictionary definitions for Orontes
Orontes
/ (ɒˈrɒntiːz) /
noun
a river in SW Asia, rising in Lebanon and flowing north through Syria into Turkey, where it turns west to the Mediterranean. Length: 571 km (355 miles)Arabic name: `Asi