Themiscyra Plain

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Themiscyra (Greek: Θεμίσκυρα), was a plain in the north of Pontus, about the mouths of the rivers Iris (mod. Yeşil) and Thermodon (mod. Terme). It was a rich and beautiful district, ever verdant, and supplying food for numberless herds of oxen and horses. It also produced great abundance of grain, especially pannick and millet; and the southern parts near the mountains furnished a variety of fruits, such as grapes, apples, pears, and nuts in such quantities that they were suffered to waste on the trees. (Strabo ii. p. 126, xii. p. 547, foll.; Aeschyl. Prom. 722; comp. Apollod. ii. 5; Apollon. Rhod. ii. 370; Plin. vi. 3, xxiv. 102.)

Greek Mythology describes this plain as the native country of the Amazons.

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• This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography by William Smith (1856).