Cnemides

Cnemides or Knemides (Ancient Greek: Κνημῖδες), also Cnemis or Knemis (Κνῆμις),[1] is the name of a fortress, and probably of a town, in ancient Phocis. Strabo places Cnemides on Cape Cnemides opposite the islands called Lichades and the Euboean promontory Cenaeum, distant 20 stadia from Thronium and from Daphnus.[2][3][4] The Periplus of Pseudo-Scylax, successively describing towns along the Phocian coast, places Cnemides after Thronium and before Elateia and Panopeus.[1][5]

For the cape, see Cape Cnemides.

The site of Cnemides is near the modern Gouvali.[6][7]

References
  1. Periplus of Pseudo-Scylax, p. 23; Pliny. Naturalis Historia. 4.7.12.
  2. Strabo. Geographica. 9.4.4. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
  3. Ptolemy. The Geography. 3.15.10.
  4. Pomponius Mela. De situ orbis. 2.3.67.
  5. Mogens Herman Hansen & Thomas Heine Nielsen (2004). "Western Lokris". An inventory of archaic and classical poleis. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 668. ISBN 0-19-814099-1.
  6. Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 55, and directory notes accompanying.
  7. Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Cnemis". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.


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