Tyraeum(71 words)
[German version]
(Τυραῖον; Tyraîon). City on the Royal Road from Sardis to Susa near Philomelium (Xen. An. 1,2,14; Artem. in Str. 14,2,29: Τυριαῖον; Plin. HN 5,95: Tyrienses; Anna Komnene, Alexias 3,211 f.) in the area of modern Ilgın. On his march against his brother Artaxerxes [2] II in 401 BC, Cyrus [3] the Younger also passed through T.
Olshausen, Eckart (Stuttgart)
Bibliography
W. Ruge, s. v. T. (1), RE 7 A, 1800-1802
Belke/ Mersich, 409f.
Cite this page
Olshausen, Eckart (Stuttgart),
“Tyraeum”, in:
Brill’s New Pauly, Antiquity volumes edited by: Hubert Cancik and , Helmuth Schneider, English Edition by: Christine F. Salazar, Classical Tradition volumes edited by: Manfred Landfester, English Edition by: Francis G. Gentry.
Consulted online on 23 January 2021 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1574-9347_bnp_e1223680>
First published online: 2006
First print edition: 9789004122598, 20110510
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