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. Vol. ix. p.405. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
  2. ↑ Homer. Iliad. Vol. 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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