east by Iran ; on the southeast and south by part of Oman ... (100 of 2037 words) Ecbatana ( Old Persian : Haŋgmatana , Greek : Ἀγβάτανα Agbatana in Aeschylus and Herodotus , elsewhere Ἐκβάτανα Ekbatana , Agámtanu by Nabonidos , and Agamatanu at Behistun ; modern Hamadan , Iran