Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854), IABA´DIUS, I´SMARUS

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I´SMARUS

I´SMARUS (Ἴσμαρος), a mountain rising on the east of lake Ismaris, on the south coast of Thrace (Virg. El. 6.30, Georg. 2.37; Propert. 2.13. 5. 3.12. 25 ; Lucret. 5.31, where it is called Ismara, as in Verg. A. 10.351.) Homer (Hom. Od. 9.40,198) speaks of Ismarus as a town of the Cicones, on or at the foot of the mountain. (Comp. Marc. Heracl. 28.) The name of the town also appears in the form Ismaron. (Plin. Nat. 4.18.) The district about Ismarus produced wine which was highly esteemed. (Athen. 1.30; Ov. Met. 9.641; Steph. B. sub voce

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Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, illustrated by numerous engravings on wood. William Smith, LLD. London. Walton and Maberly, Upper Gower Street and Ivy Lane, Paternoster Row; John Murray, Albemarle Street. 1854.

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William Smith, LLD, Ed.