Isus (Boeotia)

Isus or Isos (Ancient Greek: Ἴσος) was a town in ancient Boeotia, near Anthedon, that in the time of Strabo had vestiges of a more ancient city, which some commentators identified with the Nisa referred to by Homer in the Catalogue of Ships in the Iliad.[1][2]

Its site is located near modern Pirgos.[3][4]

References
  1. Strabo. Geographica. ix. p.405. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
  2. Homer. Iliad. 2.508.
  3. Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 55, and directory notes accompanying.
  4. Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.

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


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