Amyrus

Amyrus or Amyros (Ancient Greek: Ἄμυρος)[1] was a town and polis (city-state) in Ancient Thessaly,[2] in the western part of Magnesia,[3] situated on a river of the same name falling into the lake Boebēis. It is mentioned by Hesiod as the "vine-bearing Amyrus."[4] The surrounding country is called the Amyric plain (τὸ Ἀμυρικὸν πέδιον) by Polybius.[5] Modern scholas identify the location of Amyrus at a place called Palaiokastro (old fort) at the modern village of Gerakari.[6][7]

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

References

1. Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. 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). Volume I,2, Stuttgart 1894, col. 2011.
4. Hesiod in Strabo. Geographica. IX, p. 442. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
5. Polybius. The Histories. 5.99.
6. Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 55, and directory notes accompanying.
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.