Amyrus
Ămyrus, ī, m. , fleuve de Thessalie : Val. Flacc. 2, 11.
A'myrus
(Ἄμυρος), a son of Poseidon, from whom the town and river Amyrus in Thessaly were believed to have derived their name. (Steph. Byz. s.v. V. Fl. 2.11.) [L.S]
AMYRUS
A´MYRUS (Ἄμυρος: Eth. Ἀμυρεύς), a town in Thessaly, situated on a river of the same name falling into the lake Boebēis. It is mentioned by Hesiod as the vine-bearing Amyrus.T he surrounding country is called the Amyric plain (τὸ Ἀμυρικὸν πέδιον) by Polybius. Leake supposes the ruins at Kastrí to represent Amyrus. (Hes. ap Strab. p. 442, and Steph. B. s. v.; Schol. ad Apoll. Rhod. 1.596; Val. Flacc.; Plb. 5.99; Leake, Northern Greece, vol. 4. p. 447.)