Thynias
Θυνίας
Thynias (Θυνίας), a small island in the Euxine at a distance of one mile from the coast of Thynia or Bithynia; its distance from the port of Rhoë was 20 stadia, and from Calpe 40. (Plin. Nat. 6.13; Arrian, Peripl. P. E. p. 13.) The island had only 7 stadia in circumference, and had at first been called Apollonia from a temple of Apollo which existed in it. (Plin., Arrian, ll. cc.; Apollon. 2.177, 675; Anon. Peripl. P. E. p. 3.) According to Ptolemy (5.1.15) it was also called Daphnusia, and obtained its name of Thynias from the Thyni, who inhabited the opposite coast. The island had a port and a naval station belonging to Heracleia (Scylax, p. 34; Arrian, l.c.); and Mela (2.7) is probably mistaken in believing that the island contained a town of the same name. (Comp. Strab. xii. p.543, where it is called Thynia; Marcian, p. 69; Steph. B. sub voce Orph. Argon. 717, where it bears the name Thyneis.) The modern name of the island is Kirpeh.
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.