Amyrus
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Amyrus or Amyros (Ancient Greek: Ἄμυρος)[1] was a town and polis (city-state) in Ancient Thessaly,[2] in the western part of Magnesia,[3] situated on a river of the same name falling into the lake Boebēis. It is mentioned by Hesiod as the "vine-bearing Amyrus."[4] The surrounding country is called the Amyric plain (τὸ Ἀμυρικὸν πέδιον) by Polybius.[5] Modern scholas identify the location of Amyrus at a place called Palaiokastro (old fort) at the modern village of Gerakari.[6][7] In Greek Mythology, Amyrus is either said to be one of the Argonauts or a son of sea god Poseidon and later gave his name to the city.
