proper noun
Gyrton
Meaning
- a town of Thessaly
Gyrton, ōnis, or Gyrtōnē, ēs, f.,
I. a town of Thessaly, between Pharsalia and Larissa, now the village Tatári, Liv. 36, 10; 42, 54; Plin. 4, 9, 16, § 32;
form Gyrtone, Sen. Troad. 831.In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries
GeographyGyrtonGyrton or GYRTONA (Γυρτών, Thuc., Polyb., Strab.; Γυρτώνη, Hom.: Eth. Γυρτώνιος: Tátdri), a town of Perrhaebia in Thessaly, situated in a fertile plai…Biography & mythologyGyrtonGyrton (Γύρτων), a brother of Phlegyas, who built the town of Gyrton on the Peneius, and from whom it received its name. (Steph. Byz. s. v. Γύρτων.) O…