Terme River

Coordinates: 41°12′N 37°02′E / 41.200°N 37.033°E / 41.200; 37.033
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"Thermodon" redirects here. For the river of ancient Boeotia, Greece, see Thermodon (Boeotia).
View of the Black Sea from Themiscyra in Turkey
An amazon fighter statue in Terme of Samsun province in Turkey. In Greek mythology, the Thermodon was the location of the plain and capital, Themiscyra, where the Amazons dwelt.

The Terme River (

Çarşamba plain to Salıpazarı, where it splits into three tributaries. The city of Terme
is on the river, about 5 km from its mouth.

The ancient name of the river is the Thermodon, and the surrounding region was the

Iris River (modern Yeşilırmak), which is much larger, flows through Phanaroea, and carries much more sediment.[7]

In

Themiscyra, where the Amazons dwelt.[4][1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Schmitz, Leonhard (1857). "Thermodon". In Smith, William (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. Vol. II, Iabadius–Zymethus. London: Walton and Maberly, and John Murray. p. 1161, principally.
  2. ^ Tønnes Bekker-Nielsen, "Navigable Rivers in Northern Anatolia", to be published in Anca Dan, Stéphane Lebreton (eds.), Rivers of Asia minor (Geographica Historica) full text
  3. ^ Gustav Hirschfeld, "Notes of travel in Paphlagonia and Galatia" The Journal of Hellenic Studies 4: 275-280 (1883).
  4. ^ a b Schmitz, Leonhard (1857). "Themiscyra". In Smith, William (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. Vol. II, Iabadius–Zymethus. London: Walton and Maberly, and John Murray. p. 1156, principally; see also pp. 64, 70, 119, 223, 546, 659, 946, and 1161.
  5. ^ Calvert, J.B. (13 May 2010). "Old Units of Length". MySite.DU.edu. University of Denver. Retrieved 3 March 2020. Original creation date, 3 July 1999.
  6. ^ Xenophon, Anab. 5.6.9, 6.2.1.[full citation needed]
  7. doi:10.13113/CEDRUS.2015011411

Further reading

  • Cited by Schmitz in the Thermodon article, op. cit.:

See also

  • Themiscyra Plain

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