Armenium

Coordinates: 39°30′07″N 22°45′15″E / 39.501909°N 22.754102°E / 39.501909; 22.754102 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 , 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 .^[6]^[7]

References[]

^ Strabo. Geographica. 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.
^ 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.
^ 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.

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