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Amyrus

Greece

Amyrus or Amyros (Ἄ) was a town and polis (city-state) in Ancient Thessaly, in the western part of Magnesia, situated on a river of the same name falling into the lake Boebēis. It is mentioned by Hesiod as the "vine-bearing Amyrus." The surrounding country is called the Amyric plain (ὸ Ἀὸ) by Polybius. Modern scholars identify the location of Amyrus at a place called Palaiokastro (old fort) at the modern village of Gerakari. In Greek Mythology, Amyrus is either said to be one of the Argonauts or a son of sea god Poseidon and later gave his name to the city.

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