. Dictionary of Greek and Roman geography . § 4), it might be inferred thatthe town was situated on the northern bank of theHermus. But this is irreconcilable with the state-ment that Temnus was 30 miles south of Cyme, andwith the remarks of all other writers alluding tothe place. Pliny (v. 29) also seems to be mistakenin placing Temnus at the mouth of the Hermus, foralthough the deposits of the river have formed anextensive alluvial tract of land, it is evident that thesea never extended as far as the site of Temnus. Thetown had already much decayed in the time of Stra-bo, though it never app
. Dictionary of Greek and Roman geography . § 4), it might be inferred thatthe town was situated on the northern bank of theHermus. But this is irreconcilable with the state-ment that Temnus was 30 miles south of Cyme, andwith the remarks of all other writers alluding tothe place. Pliny (v. 29) also seems to be mistakenin placing Temnus at the mouth of the Hermus, foralthough the deposits of the river have formed anextensive alluvial tract of land, it is evident that thesea never extended as far as the site of Temnus. Thetown had already much decayed in the time of Stra-bo, though it never appears to have been very ]ar<:e.(Xenoph. IlcU. iv. 8. § 5; Herod, i. 149; 77, xx. 25; Cic. pro Place. 18.) In the reign ofTiberius it was much injured by an earthquake ( ii. 47), and in the time of Pliny it had ceased be inhabited altogether. Its site is commonlyidentified with the modern Menimen, though Texier,in his Description de VAsie Mineure, looks for it atthe site of the village of Guzal-Hissar. [L. S.]. COIN OF TEMNUS. TEMPE (to Tt/UTTT), contr. of Tefnrea), a cele-brated valley in the NE. of Thessaly, is a gorgebetween Mounts Olympus and Ossa, through whichthe waters of the Peneius force their way into thesea. The beauties of Tempe were a favourite sub-ject with the ancient poets, and have been describedat great length in a well-known passage of Aelian,and more briefly by Pliny: but none of these writersappear to have drawn their pictures from actualobservation; and the scenery is distinguished ratherby savage grandeur than by the svlvan beautywhich Aelian and others attribute to it. ( 2S5; Ov. Met. i. 568; Virg. Georg. ii. 469;Aelian, V. E. iii. 1; Plin. iv. 8. s. 15.) The accountof Livy, who copies from Polybius, an eye-witness, ismore in accordance with reality. This writer says, Tempe is a defile, difficult of access, even thoughnot guarded by an enemy; for besides the narrow-ness of the pass for 5 miles, where there is scar
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