Aesyme
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Aesyme or Aisyme (Ancient Greek: Αίσύμη) is a town named by Homer in the Iliad as the place of origin of Castianeira, mother of Gorgythion, who was fathered by Priam, king of Troy.[1] Stephanus of Byzantium identifies it as the same place as Oesyme, a Thasian colony in Pieris in ancient Thrace.[2]
References
- ^ Homer. Iliad. Vol. 8.304.
- ^ Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. Vol. s.v. Οἰσύμη.
40°49′25″N 24°19′21″E / 40.823715°N 24.322529°E
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