Cnemis
38°44′13″N 22°50′51″E / 38.73694°N 22.84750°E Cnemis or Knemis (Ancient Greek: Κνῆμις; Greek: Κνημίς) was a range of mountains forming the boundary between Phocis and the Epicnemidii Locri, who received their distinguishing name from this mountain. Mount Cnemis was a continuation of Callidromus, with which it was connected by a ridge, at the foot of which is the modern village of Pundonitza.[1][2] A spur of this mountain, running out into the sea, formed the promontory Cape Cnemides (Κνημῖδες), opposite the islands called Lichades and the Euboean promontory Cenaeum. Upon Cape Cnemides stood a fortress, also called Cnemides (or Cnemis),[3] distant 20 stadia from Thronium.[4][5][6]
References
- ^ Strabo. Geographica. Vol. ix. pp. 416, 425. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
- ^ William Martin Leake, Northern Greece, vol. ii. pp. 66, 180.
- ^ Periplus of Pseudo-Scylax, p. 23; Pliny. Naturalis Historia. Vol. 4.7.12.
- ^ Strabo. Geographica. Vol. ix. p.426. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
- ^ Ptolemy. The Geography. Vol. 3.15.10.
- ^ Pomponius Mela. De situ orbis. Vol. 2.3.67.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Cnemis". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
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