Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography/Bis

​BIS (Βίς, Isid. Char. p. 8), a small town placed by Isidorus in a district oi Aria, called by him Anabon (Ἀνάβων). It seems, however, more likely that it is a place at the confluence of the Arkand-Ab and the Helmend, now called Bost. Isidorus (l. c.) speaks of a place called Βϊύτ in this district, which is probably the same as he had previously called Βίς; and Pliny (vi. 23) says of the Erymanthus or Helmend, "Erymanthus praefluens Parabesten Arachosiorum," a mistake, doubtless, of his transcriber (i. e. Παρ᾽ Αβήστην for Παρὰ Βήστην). This is rendered more likely by our finding in the Tab. Peuting. Bestia, and in Geo. Rav. (p. 39) Bestigia. (Wilson, Ariana, p. 158.) [ V. ]