Cyrrhus (Macedonia)

Cyrrhus or Kyrros (Ancient Greek: Κύρρος),[1] also known as Cyrius or Kyrius (Κύριος),[2] was a town in ancient Macedonia. Sitalces penetrated into Macedonia to the left of Cyrrhus and Pella.[1]

Cyrrhus
Κύρρος
Prehistoric gold ornament from Cyrrhus.
Coordinates40°50′40″N 22°18′09″E

It is located near the modern Aravissos.[3][4]

The other Cyrrhus, a now-ruined city on the Euphrates, was named after it by Seleucus I Nicator, a Macedonian general with Alexander the Great. It is not known which Andronicus of Cyrrhus came from.

References
  1. Thucydides. History of the Peloponnesian War. Vol. 2.100.
  2. Ptolemy. The Geography. Vol. 3.13.39.
  3. Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 50, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.
  4. Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.

Source

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Cyrrhus". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.

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