Armene (Ancient Greek: Ἀρμένη[1] or Ἁρμένη or Ἀρμήνη[2]) was an ancient Greek city[3] on the Black Sea coast of ancient Paphlagonia.[4][1] Xenophon in his Anabasis writes that the Ten Thousand on their return anchored their ships here, and stayed five days.[2] The place belonged to the Sinopians. It was 50 stadia west of Sinope, and had a port.[5] A small river, named Ochosbanes by Marcian of Heraclea,[6] and named also Ochthomanes in the Anonymous Periplus, and Ocheraenus in the Periplus of Pseudo-Scylax, falls into the harbour.
Strabo writes that there was the proverb, "whoever had no work to do walled Armene."[7]
Its site is located near Akliman in Asiatic Turkey.[4][8]
References
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Armene". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
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