Istrus
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Istrum Proper-name adjective: neuter vocative singular, Proper-name adjective: masculine genitive plural, Proper-name adjective: masculine accusative singular, Proper-name adjective: neuter genitive plural, Proper-name adjective: neuter nominative singular, Proper-name adjective: neuter accusative singular of Istrus
Istrum Proper-name noun: masculine genitive plural of Istri
ISTRUS (Ἴστρος), a Cretan town which Artemidorus also called ISTRONA. (Steph. B. s. v.) The latter form of the name is found in an inscription (ap. Chishull, Antiq. Asiat. p. 110). The site is placed near Minoa: Among the ruined edifices and columns of this ancient city are two immense marble blocks, half buried in the earth, and measuring 54 by 15 feet.( Cornelius, Creta Sacra, vol. 1. p. 11; ap. Mus. Class. Antiq. vol. 2. p. 273 comp. Höck, Kreta, vol. i. pp. 17, 421.) [E, B. J.] COIN OF ISTRUS.
- compared to the Nile: Hdt. 2.26, Hdt. 2.33
- its course and tributaries: Hdt. 4.47-50
- bridged by Darius: Hdt. 4.89
- Ister ten days' journey from the Borysthenes: Hdt. 4.101
- Darius' recrossing of the river: Hdt. 4.141
- unknown country N. of the Ister: Hdt. 5.9
- husband of Hippodamia: Apollod. 2.1.5