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Μῆδοι δὲ τὸ παλαιὸν Ἄριοι ἐκαλέοντο· ἐπεὶ δὲ Μήδεια ἡ Κολχὶς ἐξ Ἀθηνέων ἦλθε παρὰ τοὺς Ἀρίους, μετέβαλον καὶ τὸ οὔνομα εἰς Μήδους.

— Herodotus, 7.62

A close translation is:
“The Medes were formerly called Arians; but when Medea of Colchis came from Athens to the Arians, they changed their name to Medes.”