Themiscyra Plain

Themiscyra (Greek: Θεμίσκυρα), was a plain in the north of Pontus, about the mouths of the rivers Iris (mod. Yeşil) and Thermodon (mod. Terme), with the city Themiscyra.

It was a rich and beautiful district, ever verdant, and supplying food for numberless herds of oxen and horses. The Themiscyra Plain also produced great abundance of grain, especially pannick and millet; and the southern parts near the mountains furnished a variety of fruits, such as grapes, apples, pears, and nuts in such quantities that they were suffered to waste on the trees.^[1]

Strabo describes this plain as the native country of the Amazons.^[2]

References

1. Aeschylus Prometheus Bound 722; Bibliotheca ii. 5; Apollonius of Rhodes, ii. 370; Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia vi. 3, xxiv. 102
2. Strabo ii. p. 126; xii. pp. 547f

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