Cophen

(Κωφήν, Κώφης), or Cophes, son of the satrap Artabazus [No. 4, p. 368b.), was appointed to convey to Damascus the treasures of Dareius, when the latter marched from Babylon to meet Alexander, B. C. 333. (Arr. Anab. 2.15; comp. Curt. 3.10.) The favour with which Alexander regarded Artabazus was extended also to Cophen, whom we find mentioned among the young Asiatic nobles that were enrolled in the body of cavalry called Ἂγημα, in the reorganiza-tion of the army in B. C. 424. (Arr. Anab. 7.6; comp. Plb. 5.25, 65, 31.3.) [E.E]

COPHEN or COPHES (Κωφήν,--ῆνος, Arrian. Ind. 1.4, Anab. 4.22, 5.1; Κώφης,--ου, Dionys. Per. 1140; Strab. 11. p. 697; Plin. Nat. 6.17. s. 21, 20. s. 23; Mela, 3.7.6), a river in the western part of India, which flowed into the Indus. From the order in which the rivers of the Panjáb are mentioned, it seems likely that the Cophes is represented by the river of Kábul. (Lassen, z. Gesch. d. Kon. v. Baktrien, 5. p. 129; Ritter, Erdkunde, vol. 3. p. 420, vol. 5. p. 449.) Its principal tributaries are the Choaspes (Strab. p. 697; Curt. 8.10), the modern Attok, and the Choes (Χόης, Arrian, Arr. Anab. 4.23), the modern Kameh.

COPHEN (Κωφήν, Steph. B. s. v. Ἀραχωσία;Plin. Nat. 6.23), a name given by Stephanus and Pliny to the town of Arachosia. Some editions of Pliny read Cutini nstead of Cophen. It is not improbable that there has been some confusion between the name of this town and that of the most westerly of the great rivers of the Panjáb, mentioned above. [ARACHOSIA]

(Κωφήν) or Cophes (Κωφής). The modern Cabul; the only grand tributary river which flows into the Indus from the west. Its own principal tributary is the Choaspes.