Editing Atropatene (section)

== Name ==
According to [[Strabo]], the name of Atropatene derived from the name of Atropates, the commander of the [[Achaemenid Empire]]. As he writes in his book “Geography”: "Media is divided into two parts. One part of it is called Greater Media, of which the metropolis is [[Ecbatana]]. The other part is Atropatian Media, which got its name from the commander Atropates, who prevented also this country, which was a part of Greater Media, from becoming subject to the Macedonians".<ref>{{Cite web|title=Strabo, Geography, Book 11|url=https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:abo:tlg,0099,001:11#note-link133|website=www.perseus.tufts.edu|access-date=2020-04-30}}</ref>{{sfn|de Planhol|1987|pp=205–215}}

From the name of Atropates, different forms of the name of this country such as Atropatene, Atropatios Mēdia, Tropatene, Aturpatakan, Adarbayjan were used in different sources. Nevertheless, medieval Arab geographers suggested another version associating this name with Adorbador (the name of a priest) that means “guardian of the fire”.{{sfn|de Planhol|1987|pp=205–215}}