Cyrrhus (Macedonia)
Cyrrhus or Kyrros (Ancient Greek: Κύρρος), also known as Cyrius or Kyrius (Κύριος), was a town in ancient Macedonia. Sitalces penetrated into Macedonia to the left of Cyrrhus and Pella.
Κύρρος | |
Prehistoric gold ornament from Cyrrhus. | |
| Coordinates | 40°50′40″N 22°18′09″E |
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It is located near the modern Aravissos.
The other Cyrrhus, a now-ruined city on the Euphrates, was named after it by Seleucus I Nicator, a Macedonian general with Alexander the Great. It is not known which Andronicus of Cyrrhus came from.
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