TAMYNAE
TAMYNAE (
Ταμύναι, Strab. et alii;
Ταμύνα,
Steph. B. sub voce: Eth.
Ταμυνεύς), a town of Euboea in the territory of Eretria, at the foot of Mt. Cotylaeum, with a temple of Apollo, said to have been built by Admetus. (
Strab. x. p.447;
Steph. B. sub voce s. vv. Τάμυνα, Κοτύλαιον.) It was taken by the Persians, when they attacked Eretria in B.C. 490 (
Hdt. 6.101), but it is chiefly memorable for the victory which the Athenians, under Phocion, gained here over Callias of Chalcis, B.C. 350. (Aesch.
c. Ctes. § § 85--88,
de Fals. Leg. 180; Dem.
de Pac. 5; Plat.
Phoc. 12.) Leake places Tamynae at the village of
Ghymnó, at the foot of a high, mountain, which he supposes to be the ancient Cotylaeum (
Ancient Greece, vol. ii. p. 439); but Ulrichs regards
Alivéri, where there are several ancient remains, as the site of Tamynae. (
Rheinisches Museum, for 1847, p. 512.)
