Cyrrhus (Macedonia)

Cyrrhus
Κύρρος
	Prehistoric gold ornament from Cyrrhus.
Coordinates	40°50′40″N 22°18′09″E / 40.84453°N 22.3026°E

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.

References

^ ^a ^b Thucydides. History of the Peloponnesian War. Vol. 2.100.
^ Ptolemy. The Geography. Vol. 3.13.39.
^ Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 50, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.
^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.

Source

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.

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[Thucydides-1] Thucydides. History of the Peloponnesian War. Vol. 2.100.

[2] Ptolemy. The Geography. Vol. 3.13.39.

[3] Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 50, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.

[4] Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.

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