Name of a city;[1] But Amasis [is] a proper name.[2]
He was the first man to conquer
Cyprus, subdue it and make it tributary.[3]
There is also Amasis [as] a name of a city.[4]
*)amasei/a: o)/noma po/lews: *)/amasis de\ o)/noma ku/rion. o(\s ei(=le *ku/pron prw=tos a)nqrw/pwn kai\ katestre/yato e)s fo/rou a)pagwgh/n. e)/sti de\ kai\ *)/amasis o)/noma po/lews.
[1] A city of Pontus, the birthplace of the historian
Strabo. In his book a description of his hometown is preserved (12.561). See web addresses 1 & 2.
[2] Although several historical persons bore this name, the text here must, given what follows, refer to Amasis, the king of Egypt and ally of Croesus mentioned by
Herodotus (1.30.1; 1.77.1, etc.). The name is also attested on an Attic black-figure amphora (6th c. BCE).
[3]
Herodotus 2.182.2. (For the phrase
katestre/yato e)s fo/rou a)pagwgh/n cf.
Herodotus 1.6.2 in relation to Croesus.)
[4] Perhaps so, though one suspects
Amastris (in
Paphlagonia: Barrington Atlas Map 86 grid C2) may be meant; alternatively Tamasis (in
Phrygia: Barrington Atlas Map 62 grid A4).
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