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Aesyme

Coordinates: 40°49′25″N 24°19′21″E / 40.823715°N 24.322529°E / 40.823715; 24.322529
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Aesyme or Aisyme (Ancient Greek: Αίσύμη) is a town named by Homer in the Iliad as the place of origin of Castianeira, mother of Gorgythion, who was fathered by Priam, king of Troy.[1] Stephanus of Byzantium identifies it as the same place as Oesyme, a Thasian colony in Pieris in ancient Thrace.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Homer. Iliad. Vol. 8.304.
  2. ^ Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. Vol. s.v. Οἰσύμη.

40°49′25″N 24°19′21″E / 40.823715°N 24.322529°E / 40.823715; 24.322529


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