Armenium
39°30′07″N 22°45′15″E / 39.501909°N 22.754102°E Armenium or Armenion (Ancient Greek: Ἀρμένιον) was a town of Pelasgiotis in ancient Thessaly, situated between Pherae and Larissa, near Boebeis Lake, said to have been the birthplace of Armenus, who accompanied Jason to Asia, and gave his name to the country of Armenia.[1] It is hardly necessary to remark, that this tale, like so many others, arose from the accidental similarity of the names.[2] There is conjecture that this town may be the same as that of Ormenium,[3] but others equivocate or disagree.[4][5]
The site of Armenium is located near the modern site of Petra.[6][3]
References
[edit]- ↑ Strabo. Geographica. Vol. xi. pp. 503, 530. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
- ↑
Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Armenium". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray. - 1 2 Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
- ↑ tentatively equating, 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.
- ↑ rejecting and proposing a wholly different site, Homero, Ilíada, edición de José García Blanco y Luis M. Macía Aparicio p.87, and accompanying note, Madrid: CSIC, 1991. (in Spanish)
- ↑ 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.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Armenium". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
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