Narycus
Narycus or Narykos (Ancient Greek: Νάρυκος),[1] or Naryx (Νάρυξ),[2] or Naryca or Naryka (Νάρυκα),[3] or Narycium,[4] was a town of the Opuntian Locrians, the reputed birthplace of Ajax, son of Oïleus,[1][2] who is hence called by Ovid "Narycius heros".[5] In 395 BC, Ismenias, a Boeotian commander, undertook an expedition against Phocis, and defeated the Phocians near Naryx of Locris, whence we may conclude that Narycus was near the frontier of Phocis.[6] In 352 BC, Narycus was taken by Phayllus, the Phocian commander.[7] As Locri in Bruttium in Italy was, according to some of the ancients, a colony of Narycus,[8] the epithet of Narycian is frequently given to the Bruttian pitch.[9]
Its location is near the modern Rengini.[10][11]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Strabo. Geographica. Vol. ix. p. 425. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
- ^ a b Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. Vol. s.v.
- ^ so in Diodorus.
- ^ Pliny. Naturalis Historia. Vol. 4.7.12.
- ^ Ov. Met. 14.468.
- ^ Diodorus Siculus. Bibliotheca historica (Historical Library). Vol. 14.82.
- ^ Diodorus Siculus. Bibliotheca historica (Historical Library). Vol. 16.38.
- ^ Virgil. Aeneid. Vol. 3.399.
- ^ Virgil G. 2.438; Col. 10.386; Pliny. Naturalis Historia. Vol. 14.20.25.
- ^ 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). "Narycus". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
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