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][7]
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.
- ^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
- ^ tentatively equating, Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 55, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.
- ^ 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)
- ^ Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 55, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.
- ^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
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.
