River Kur (Kyrus)

Apollonius perhaps thought that the River Kur (Kyrus) joined the Phasis somewhere in the Caucasus Mountains

Apollonius' geography has often been seen as faulty in the past but how could it be-he probably knew Eratosthenes the Great Geographer! If you look up Lykus in Barrington’s Atlas, there are lots of occurences of the name in the area. The map shows how A. might have thought that the Kyrus joined up with the Phasis. It's a feasible supposition.

Subjects
Apollonius Argonautica
Type
Image
License
Creative Commons Attribution
Date
2021