CYNUS
CYNUS (
Κῦνος: Eth.
Κύνιος, Eth.
Κυναῖος), the principal sea-port of the Locri Opuntii, was situated on a cape at the northern extremity of the Opuntian gulf, opposite Aedepsus in Euboea, and at the distance of 60 stadia from Opus. (
Strab. ix. p.425;
Paus. 10.1.2.) Livy gives an incorrect idea of the position of Cynus, when he describes it as situated on the coast, at the distance of a mile from Opus. (
Liv. 28.6.) Cynus was an ancient town, being mentioned in the Homeric catalogue (
Il. 2.531), and reported to have been the residence of Deucalion and Pyrrha; the tomb of the latter was shown there. (Strab.
l.c.) Its site is marked by a tower, called
Paleópyrgo, and some Hellenic remains, about a mile to the south of the village of
Livanátes (Comp.
Strab. i. p.60, ix. p. 446, xiii. p. 615; Mela, 2.3;
Plin. Nat. 4.7. s. 12;
Ptol. 3.15.10;
Steph. B. sub voce. (Leake,
Northern Greece, vol. ii. p. 174, seq.)
