Thyron ( Ancient Greek: Θρύον), sometimes Latinized as Thryum, or Thryoessa (Θρυόεσσα) was a town in Triphylia in ancient Elis, mentioned by Homer in the Catalogue of Ships of the Iliad, where the town is noted to be in the dominions of Nestor. [1] The town is also noted in the Homeric Hymn to Apollo. [2] Later in the Iliad, the poet describes Thyron was at the ford of the river Alpheius. In the same passage, Homer calls the town Thryoessa, places it upon a lofty hill, and relates how it withstood a siege by the Epeii during their war against the Eleans. [3] Strabo identified Thyron with the later Epitalium; [4] but the identity is uncertain. [5] [6]
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Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Epitalium".
Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
Thyron ( Ancient Greek: Θρύον), sometimes Latinized as Thryum, or Thryoessa (Θρυόεσσα) was a town in Triphylia in ancient Elis, mentioned by Homer in the Catalogue of Ships of the Iliad, where the town is noted to be in the dominions of Nestor. [1] The town is also noted in the Homeric Hymn to Apollo. [2] Later in the Iliad, the poet describes Thyron was at the ford of the river Alpheius. In the same passage, Homer calls the town Thryoessa, places it upon a lofty hill, and relates how it withstood a siege by the Epeii during their war against the Eleans. [3] Strabo identified Thyron with the later Epitalium; [4] but the identity is uncertain. [5] [6]
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
public domain:
Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Epitalium".
Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.