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ΛΥΡΚΕΙΑ (Αρχαία πόλη) ΑΡΓΟΛΙΔΑ
Lyrceia, Lyrceium (he Lurkeia, Lurkeion, in Strab. viii. p. 376, Lukourgion
is a false reading for Lurkeion). A town in the Argeia, distant 60 stadia from
Argos, and 60 stadia from Orneae, and situated on the road Climax, which ran from
Argos in a north-westerly direction along the bed of the Inachus. The town is
said to have been originally called Lynceia, and to have obtained this name from
Lynceus, who fled hither when all his other brothers, the sons of Aegyptus, were
murdered by the daughters of Danaus on their wedding night. He gave intelligence
of his safe arrival in this place to his faithful wife Hypermnestra, by holding
up a torch; and she in like manner informed him of her safety by raising a torch
from Larissa, the citadel of Argos. The name of the town was afterwards changed
into Lyrceia from Lyrcus, a son of Abas. It was in ruins in the time of Pausanias.
Its remains may still be seen on a small elevation on the left of the Inachus,
at a little distance beyond Sterna, on the road to Argos.
This text is from: Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854) (ed. William Smith, LLD). Cited June 2004 from The Perseus Project URL below, which contains interesting hyperlinks
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