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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
Armenus , 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
Petra .
[6]
[7]
References
^
Strabo .
Geographica . Vol. 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.
ISBN
978-0-691-03169-9 .
^ 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.
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). "Armenium".
Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography . London: John Murray.