THY´MBRIUS
THY´MBRIUS (
Θύμβριος), a small river of Troas in the neighbourhood of Ilium; it was a tributary of the Scamander, and on its banks stood the town of Thymbra (
Strab. xiii. p.598; Eustath.
ad Hom. Il. 10.430.)
There still exists in that district a small river called
Timbrek, which, however, does not flow into the Scamander, but into a bay of the sea; if this be the ancient Thymbrius, the plain of Thymbra must have been at a considerable distance from> Ilium. For this reason, Col. Leake is inclined to identify the Thymbrius rather with the
Kamara Su, which still is a tributary of the Scamander or
Hendere Su (
Asia Minor, p. 289.)
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