Amyrus

Map showing the principal cities of ancient Thessaly. Amyrus is shown to the east of centre, just inside the borders of Magnesia.

Amyrus or Amyros (Ancient Greek: Ἄμυρος) was a town and polis (city-state) in Ancient Thessaly, in the western part of Magnesia, situated on a river of the same name falling into the lake Boebēis. It is mentioned by Hesiod as the "vine-bearing Amyrus." The surrounding country is called the Amyric plain (τὸ Ἀμυρικὸν πέδιον) by Polybius. Modern scholars identify the location of Amyrus at a place called Palaiokastro (old fort) at the modern village of Gerakari. In Greek Mythology, Amyrus is either said to be one of the Argonauts or a son of sea god Poseidon and later gave his name to the city.

References

  1. ↑ Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. Vol. s.v.
  2. ↑ Mogens Herman Hansen & Thomas Heine Nielsen (2004). "Thessaly and Adjacent Regions". An inventory of archaic and classical poleis. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 718. ISBN 0-19-814099-1.
  3. ↑ Gustav Hirschfeld: "Amyros 1" (in German). In: Realencyclopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft (RE). Vol. I,2, Stuttgart, 1894, col. 2011.
  4. ↑ Hesiod in Strabo. Geographica. Vol. IX, p. 442. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
  5. ↑ Polybius. The Histories. Vol. 5.99.
  6. ↑ Talbert, Richard, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 55. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9, with accompanying Map-by-Map Directory.
  7. ↑ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Amyrus". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.

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