Ogyris(59 words)
[German version]
(Ὤγυρις; Ṓgyris). Island in the Arabian Sea. Ancient authors reported a monument to Erythras, the eponym of the Red sea, on O. (Deinias FGrH 306 F 7; Steph. Byz. s.v. Ὤ.). Perhaps the island of Maṣīra.
Toral-Niehoff, Isabel (Freiburg)
Bibliography
F. Jacoby, FGrH, Kommentar zu Nearchos FGrH 133 F 1,37,1-4
R.M. Burrell, s.v. Maṣīra, EI2 6, 729a.
Cite this page
Toral-Niehoff, Isabel (Freiburg),
“Ogyris”, 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 27 May 2022 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1574-9347_bnp_e828810>
First published online: 2006
First print edition: 9789004122598, 20110510
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