. Dictionary of Greek and Roman geography . 331.) The attributes of Poseidon appear on thecoins of Tenos. There was another town in theisland named Eriston (llpiarov ? Biickh, , 2337), which was situated in the interiorat the village of Komi. Among the curiositiesof Tenos was mentioned a fountain, the water ofwhich would not mix with wine. (Athen. ii. , c.) The island was celebrated in antiquityfor its fine garlic. (Aristoph. Plut. 18.) Thechief modern production of the island is wine,of which the best kind is the celebrated Malvasia,which now grows only at Tenos and no longer at
. Dictionary of Greek and Roman geography . 331.) The attributes of Poseidon appear on thecoins of Tenos. There was another town in theisland named Eriston (llpiarov ? Biickh, , 2337), which was situated in the interiorat the village of Komi. Among the curiositiesof Tenos was mentioned a fountain, the water ofwhich would not mix with wine. (Athen. ii. , c.) The island was celebrated in antiquityfor its fine garlic. (Aristoph. Plut. 18.) Thechief modern production of the island is wine,of which the best kind is the celebrated Malvasia,which now grows only at Tenos and no longer atMonembasia in Peloponnesus, from which place itderived its name. (Tournefort, Voyage, cfc vol. 271, transl.; Exped. Scientif. vol. iii. p. 2;Fiedler, Reise, vol. ii. p. 241, seq.: Finlav, Uigt. o/Greece under Othoman and Venetian Domination,pp. 276, 287 ; and especially Boss, Reise attf denGriech. Fnseln, vol. i. p. 11, seq., who cites a mo-nograph, Marcaky Zallony, Voyage a Tine, Vunedes ilea de VArchipel de la Grece, Paris, 1809.). COIN OF TENOS. TENTYBA or TENTYKIS (to Tiinvpa, p. 814; Ptol. iv. 5. §§ C. 8j Steph. B. s. v.:Klh. TevTvphris). the Coptic Tentore and the mo-dern )h ml, roll, was the capital of the TentyriteNome in Upper Aegypt (Agatharch. asp. Phot, p-447,ed. Bekker). It was situated in lat. 26° 9X., onicrn bank of the Xiie, about 38 miles X. ofThe name of the city was probably de-iii the prim of worship there — the goddess Athor (Aphrodite), being a contractedform of Thy-n-Athor or abode of Athor. The hie-roglyphic legend of the genius of the place contains 4 c 4 1128 TENTYRA. the name of the town, and is generally attached tothe head-dress of Athor, accompanied by the signKali or the land. The Tentyrite Athor has ahuman face with the ears of a cow (Rosellini,Monum. del. Culto, pi. 29. 3), and her attributes soclosely resemble those of Isis, that it was longdoubtful to which of the two goddesses the greattemple at Tentyra was dedicated. Li
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