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AMISSOS (Ancient city) TURKEY
Ancon (Ankon), a headland and bay, as the name implies, on the coast
of Pontus, east of Amisus. It is mentioned by Valerius Flaccus (iv. 600) in his
Argonautica, after the Iris, as if it were east of the mouth of that river. Apollonius
Rhodius simply speaks of it as a headland (ii. 369). The ancient authorities do
not agree in the distances along this coast (Steph. s. v. Chadisia; Hamilton,
Researches, vol. i. p. 288). The conclusion of Hamilton seems to be the most probable,
that Derbend Bournou, east of Amisus, represents Ancon, as it is the first headland
east of Amisus, and the only place before reaching the mouth of the Iris where
a harbour can exist. He adds, that at the extremity of Derbend Bournou, a small
stream falls into the sea between two precipitous headlands, probably the Chadisius
of the ancients.
This text is from: Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854) (ed. William Smith, LLD). Cited October 2004 from The Perseus Project URL below, which contains interesting hyperlinks
FAZIMON (Ancient city) TURKEY
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THEMISKYRA (Ancient city) TURKEY
A river in Cappadocia, near Themiscyra, in land of Amazons, victory on it of Greeks over Amazons, passed by the Argonauts, the Amazons dwell on the.
Perseus Project Index.Total results on 17/5/2001: 57 for Thermodon.
Thermodon (Thermodon: Thermeh), a river of Pontus, celebrated in the story about the Amazons, is described by Pliny (vi. 3) as having its sources in the Amazonian mountains, which are not mentioned by any other ancient writer, but are believed still to retain their ancient name in the form of Mason Dagh. (Hamilton, Researches, i. p. 283.) Strabo (xii. p. 547) places its many sources near Phanaroea, and says that many streams combine to form the Thermodon. Its course is not very long, but its breadth was nevertheless three plethra, and it was a navigable river (Xen. Anab. v. 6. 9, vi. 2. § 1; Arrian, Peripl. P.E. p. 16.) It discharged itself into the Euxine near the town of Themiscyra, at a distance of 4000 stadia to the north-east of the mouth of the Iris. This river is very often noticed by ancient writers. See Aeschyl. Prom. 274, Suppl. 290; Herod. ix. 27; Scylax, p. 33; Strab. i. p. 52, vii. p. 298; Anon. Peripl. P. E. p. 10; Ptol. v. 6. § 4; Pomp. Mela, i. 19; Plin. xi. 19, xxxvii. 37; Virg. Aen. xi. 659; Ov. ex Pont. iv. 19 51; Propert. iv. 4. 71, and many other passages.
This text is from: Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854) (ed. William Smith, LLD). Cited September 2004 from The Perseus Project URL below, which contains interesting hyperlinks
Lamyron (Lamuron), a great harbour near Cape Heraclium, on the coast of Pontus, not far from Themiscyra. (Anonym. Peripl. Point. Eux. p. 10.)
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