Ἀμνησός

Amnesos, Amnisos

Translated by Oliver Phillips â8 Nov 2000Vetting: high7 revisions

4 words

Name of a mountain.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἀμνησός· ὄνομα ὄρους.

Betacode

*)amnhso/s: o)/noma o)/rous.

No actual mountain of this name is otherwise attested, but there is a Cretan cave sanctuary in the mountains near Amnisos.
[Note: in some manuscripts the name is given as Amnes or Amnos, and the latter might be a corruption of Mt. Pramnos on the Aegean island of Ikaria (so NF.]