ARGY´RIA
ARGY´RIA (
Ἀργυρία), mentioned in the Periplus of Arrian (p. 17) as 20 stadia east of Tripolis (
Tireboli), in Pontus. Hamilton (
Researches, &c., vol. i. p. 259) found the old silver mines, from which the place took its name, 2 1/2 miles from
Tireboli.
There was another place Argyria, in the Troas, near Aenea (
Erie or
Einieh), according to Groskurd's Note (
Translation of Strabo, vol. ii. p. 580) so called also from the silver mines near there.
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