Criu Metopon(72 words)
[German version]
(Κριοῦ μέτωπον, ‘Ram's Forehead’). The designation of the two southernmost peaks of the Taurian Chersonesus [2]: Cape Capyc and Cape Ai Todor (Plin. HN 4,86; Ps.-Scymn. 953; Ptol. 3,6;2) opposite Cap Carambis in Paphlagonia. According to legend the golden ram carried Phrixus from there to the Colchi (Ps.-Plut. De fluviis 14,4).
von Bredow, Iris (Bietigheim-Bissingen)
Bibliography
V. D. Blavatskij, Očerki noennogo dela v antičnih gosudarstvah severnogo Pričernomor'ja, 1954, 133f.
Cite this page
von Bredow, Iris (Bietigheim-Bissingen),
“Criu Metopon”, in:
Brill’s New Pauly, Antiquity volumes edited by: Hubert Cancik and , Helmuth Schneider, English Edition by: Christine F. Salazar, Classical Tradition volumes edited by: Manfred Landfester, English Edition by: Francis G. Gentry.
Consulted online on 07 December 2019 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1574-9347_bnp_e623420>
First published online: 2006
First print edition: 9789004122598, 20110510
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