Κύρρος | |
Coordinates | 40°50′40″N 22°18′09″E / 40.84453°N 22.3026°E |
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Cyrrhus or Kyrros ( Ancient Greek: Κύρρος), [1] also known as Cyrius or Kyrius (Κύριος), [2] was a town in ancient Macedonia. Sitalces penetrated into Macedonia to the left of Cyrrhus and Pella. [1]
It is located near the modern Aravissos. [3] [4]
The other Cyrrhus, a now-ruined city on the Euphrates, was named after it by Seleucus I Nicator, a Macedonian general with Alexander the Great. It is not known which Andronicus of Cyrrhus came from.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Cyrrhus". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
Media related to Cyrrhus (Macedonia) at Wikimedia Commons
Κύρρος | |
Coordinates | 40°50′40″N 22°18′09″E / 40.84453°N 22.3026°E |
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Cyrrhus or Kyrros ( Ancient Greek: Κύρρος), [1] also known as Cyrius or Kyrius (Κύριος), [2] was a town in ancient Macedonia. Sitalces penetrated into Macedonia to the left of Cyrrhus and Pella. [1]
It is located near the modern Aravissos. [3] [4]
The other Cyrrhus, a now-ruined city on the Euphrates, was named after it by Seleucus I Nicator, a Macedonian general with Alexander the Great. It is not known which Andronicus of Cyrrhus came from.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Cyrrhus". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
Media related to Cyrrhus (Macedonia) at Wikimedia Commons