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Tamynae

Tamynae or Tamynai, or Tamyna (Ταμύνα), was a town of ancient Euboea in the territory of Eretria, at the foot of Mount Cotylaeum, with a temple of Apollo, said to have been built by Admetus. It was taken by the Persians, when they attacked Eretria in 490 BCE, but it is chiefly memorable for the victory which the Athenians, under Phocion, gained here over Callias of Chalcis in 350 BCE.

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Tamynae or Tamynai (Ancient Greek: Ταμύναι), or Tamyna (Ταμύνα),1 was a town of ancient Euboea in the territory of Eretria, at the foot of Mount Cotylaeum, with a temple of Apollo, said to have been built by Admetus.23 It was taken by the Persians, when they attacked Eretria in 490 BCE,4 but it is chiefly memorable for the victory which the Athenians, under Phocion, gained here over Callias of Chalcis in 350 BCE.5

Its site is located near the modern village of Avlonari.67

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References

  1. Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. Vol. s.v.
  2. Strabo. Geographica. Vol. x. p.447. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
  3. Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. Vol. s. vv. Τάμυνα, Κοτύλαιον.
  4. Herodotus. Histories. Vol. 6.101.
  5. Aesch. c. Ctes. §§ 85-88, de Fals. Leg. 180; Dem. de Pac. 5; Plut. Phoc. 12.)
  6. Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
  7. Talbert, Richard, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 55. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9, with accompanying Map-by-Map Directory.

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

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