Ἠρύγιον

Erygion, Erygium

Translated by David Whitehead24 Nov 2000Vetting: high5 revisions

4 words

Name of a place.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἠρύγιον· ὄνομα τόπου.

Betacode

*)hru/gion: o)/noma to/pou.

Possibly Erucium in Sardinia (though the initial vowel there is epsilon).
An Erygyios was one of Alexander the Great's generals; as he orginated in Mytilene, a location on Lesbos is very tentatively possible.