Tarne (city)

Tarne (Ancient Greek: Τάρνη) was a town of ancient Asia Minor, mentioned by Homer in the Iliad,[1] and after him by Strabo;[2] but Pliny the Elder knows Tarne only as a fountain of Mount Tmolus in ancient Lydia.[3] Several ancient writers, such as Stephanus of Byzantium identified Atarneus with the Homeric place.[4]

  1. ^ Homer. Iliad. Vol. 5.44.
  2. ^ Strabo. Geographica. Vol. ix. p.413. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
  3. ^ Pliny. Naturalis Historia. Vol. 5.30.
  4. ^ Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. Vol. s.v. Ἄπαισος.