Mount_Arganthonius

Mount Arganthonius

Mount Arganthonius

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Mount Arganthonius or Arganthonios (Ancient Greek: Ἀργανθώνιος), or Arganthon (Ἀργανθών),[1] or Arganthoneion,[2] was a mountain range in ancient Bithynia, which forms a peninsula, and divides the gulfs of Cius and Astacus. The range terminates in a headland which Ptolemy calls Posidium (modern Bozburun). The name is connected with the myths of Hylas and the Argonautic expedition.[3][4]

Its modern name is Samanli Daği.[5][2]

References

  1. [1]
    Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. Vol. s. v.
  2. [2]
    Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
  3. [3]
    Strabo. Geographica. Vol. p. 564. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
  4. [4]
    Apollon. 1.1176.
  5. [5]
    Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 52, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.

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

40°32′37″N 29°01′55″E


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