AR´
AR´MENE (
Ἀρμένη or
Ἁρμένη: Eth.
Ἀρμεναῖος). Stephanus (s. v.
Ἀρμένη) observes that Xenophon in the
Anabasis (6.1.15) writes it
Ἀρμήνη (
διὰ τοῦ ῆ). The Ten Thousand on their return anchored their ships here, and stayed five days.
The place belonged to the Sinopians.
It was 50 stadia west of Sinope (
Sinab), and had a port. (Strab. p. 545.)
A small river, named Ochosbanes by Marcian (p. 72), and named also Ochthomanes in the Anonymous Periplus, and Ocheraenus by Scylax, falls into the harbour.
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