Tarne (city)

Tarne (Ancient Greek: Τάρνη) was a town of ancient Asia Minor, mentioned by Homer in the Iliad,[1] and after him by Strabo;[2] but Pliny the Elder knows Tarne only as a fountain of Mount Tmolus in ancient Lydia.[3] Several ancient writers, such as Stephanus of Byzantium identified Atarneus with the Homeric place.[4]

References
  1. Homer. Iliad. 5.44.
  2. Strabo. Geographica. ix. p.413. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
  3. Pliny. Naturalis Historia. 5.30.
  4. Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. s.v. Ἄπαισος.

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


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