Armene (Ancient Greek:Ἀρμένη[1] or Ἁρμένη or Ἀρμήνη[2]) was an ancient Greek city[3] on theBlack Sea coast ofancient Paphlagonia.[4][1]Xenophon in hisAnabasis writes that theTen Thousand on their return anchored their ships here, and stayed five days.[2] The place belonged to theSinopians. It was 50stadia west ofSinope, and had a port.[5] A small river, namedOchosbanes byMarcian of Heraclea,[6] and named alsoOchthomanes in the Anonymous Periplus, andOcheraenus in thePeriplus of Pseudo-Scylax, falls into the harbour.
Strabo writes that there was the proverb, "whoever had no work to do walled Armene."[7]
Its site is located nearAkliman inAsiatic Turkey.[4][8]
This article incorporates text from a publication now in thepublic domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Armene".Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
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