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Astyra (Astura, Asturon: Eth. Asturenos), a small town of Mysia, in
the plain of Thebes, between Antandros and Adramyttium. It had a temple of Artemis,
of which the Antandrii had the superintendence. (Strab. p. 613.) Artemis had hence
the name of Astyrene or Astirene. (Xen. Hell. iv. 1. 41) There was a lake Sapra
near Astyra, which communicated with the sea. Pausanias, from his own observations
(iv. 35. § 10), describes a spring of black water at Astyra; the water was hot.
But he places Astyra in Atarneus. There was, then, either a place in Atarneus
called Astyra, with warm springs, or Pausanias has made some mistake; for there
is no doubt about the position of the Astyra of Strabo and Mela (i. 19). Astyra
was a deserted place, according to Pliny's authorities. He calls it Astyre. There
are said to be coins of Astyra.
Strabo mentions an Astyra above Abydus in Troas, once an independent
city, but in Strabo's time it was a ruined place, and belonged to the inhabitants
of Abydus. There were once gold mines there, but they were nearly exhausted in
Strabo's time.
This text is from: Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854) (ed. William Smith, LLD). Cited July 2004 from The Perseus Project URL below, which contains interesting hyperlinks
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