Absyrtides
Ἀψυρτίδες
Eth. Absyrtides or APSYRTIDES (Ἀψυρτίδες: Eth.Ἀψυρτεύς, Eth. Ἄψυρτος: Cherso and Osero), the name of two islands off the coast of Illyricum, so called because, according to one tradition, Absyrtus was slain here by his sister Medea and by Jason. Ptolemy mentions only one island APSORRUS (Ἄψορρος), on which he places two towns Crepsa (Κρέψα) and Apsorrus. (Strab. p. 315; Steph. Byz. s.v. Mel. 2.7; Plin. Nat. 3.26; Ptol. 2.16.13.)
From William Smith (ed.), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. Text provided under a CC BY-SA license by Perseus Digital Library, http://www.perseus.tufts.edu, with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities and Tufts University. Data accessed from https://github.com/PerseusDL/canonical-pdlrefwk/ on 17 October 2026.