Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854), ABACAENUM, AORNUS, APATU´RUM

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APATU´RUM or APATU´RUS (Ἀπάτουρον, Strab.; Ἀπάτουρος, Steph. B. sub voce Ptol.), a town of the Sindae, on the Pontus Euxinus, near the Bosporus Cimmerius, which was almost uninhabited in Pliny's time. It possessed a celebrated temple of Aphrodite Apaturus (the Deceiver); and there was also a temple to this goddess in the neighbouring town of Phanagoria. (Strab. xi. p.495; Plin. Nat. 6.6; Ptol. 5.9.5; Steph. B. sub voce

Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, illustrated by numerous engravings on wood. William Smith, LLD. London. Walton and Maberly, Upper Gower Street and Ivy Lane, Paternoster Row; John Murray, Albemarle Street. 1854.

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