Terme River

The Terme Stream (Turkish: Terme Çayı; Latin: Thermeh;[1] Greek: Θερμώδων,[1] rendered Thermodon[1]) is a modern Turkish waterway that flows through Terme, Turkey near the border of the Terme district, in central northern Turkey—between the coastal cities of Ordu and Samsun, about 50 kilometres (31 mi) east of Samsun. It flows into the Black Sea,[2] after passing through a fertile and secluded plain. High mountains are found to the south and east, and the Yeşil River flows to the west.

"Thermodon" redirects here. For the river of ancient Boeotia, Greece, see Thermodon (Boeotia).

In ancient times, the Thermodon flowed through the region known as the Pontus,[3] and at the time, its course was not very long, it was about "three plethra" (ca. 300 feet[4]) wide, and it was navigable.[1][5] The river, said by Strabo to have "its many sources near Phanaroea... [in] many streams", was "very often noticed by ancient writers", and it emptied into what was then termed the Euxine (Black Sea), near the town, Themiscyra, ca. 460 miles ("4000 stadia") to the north-east of the mouth of the Iris.[1]

In Greek mythology, the Thermodon was the location of the plain and capital, Themiscyra, where the Amazons dwelt.[3][1]

References
  1. Schmitz, Leonhard (1857). "Thermodon". In Smith, William (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. Vol. II, Iabadius-Zymethus. London: Walton and Maberly, and John Murray. p. 1161, principally.
  2. It flows into the Black Sea at 41°12'41.7"N, 37°01'34.1"E.
  3. Schmitz, Leonhard (1857). "Themiscyra". In Smith, William (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. Vol. II, Iabadius-Zymethus. London: Walton and Maberly, and John Murray. p. 1156, principally; see also pp. 64, 70, 119, 223, 546, 659, 946, and 1161.
  4. Calvert, J.B. (13 May 2010). "Old Units of Length". MySite.DU.edu. University of Denver. Retrieved 3 March 2020. Original creation date, 3 July 1999.
  5. Xenophon, Anab. 5.6.9, 6.2.1.

Further reading
  • Cited by Schmitz in the Thermodon article, op. cit.:

See also


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