Cyphus or Kyphos ( Ancient Greek: Κύφος) was a town of Perrhaebia in ancient Thessaly, which, according to Homer's Catalogue of Ships in the Iliad, supplied 22 ships for the Trojan War. [1] It is placed by Strabo at the foot of Mount Olympus. [2] According to Stephanus of Byzantium, [3] there were two cities of the name of Cyphus, one mentioned by Homer, and the other by Lycophron; [4] but in this he appears to have been mistaken. [5]
References
- ^ Homer. Iliad. Vol. 2.748.
- ^ Strabo. Geographica. Vol. ix. p.441. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
- ^ Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. Vol. s.v.
- ^ Lycophr. 897.
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Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Cyphus".
Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
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