Amyrus or Amyros ( grc, Ἄμυρος) was a town and

polis ''Polis'' (, ; grc-gre, πόλις, ), plural ''poleis'' (, , ), literally means "city" in Greek. In Ancient Greece, it originally referred to an administrative and religious city center, as distinct from the rest of the city. Later, it also ...

(city-state) in

Ancient Thessaly Thessaly or Thessalia (Attic Greek: , ''Thessalía'' or , ''Thettalía'') was one of the traditional regions of Ancient Greece. During the Mycenaean period, Thessaly was known as Aeolia, a name that continued to be used for one of the major tribes ...

, in the western part of Magnesia, situated on a river of the same name falling into the lake Boebēis. It is mentioned by

Hesiod Hesiod (; grc-gre, Ἡσίοδος ''Hēsíodos'') was an ancient Greek poet generally thought to have been active between 750 and 650 BC, around the same time as Homer. He is generally regarded by western authors as 'the first written poet i ...

as the "vine-bearing Amyrus." The surrounding country is called the Amyric plain (τὸ Ἀμυρικὸν πέδιον) by

Polybius Polybius (; grc-gre, Πολύβιος, ; ) was a Greek historian of the Hellenistic period. He is noted for his work , which covered the period of 264–146 BC and the Punic Wars in detail. Polybius is important for his analysis of the mixed ...

. Modern scholas identify the location of Amyrus at a place called ''Palaiokastro'' (old fort) at the modern village of Gerakari.

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Former populated places in Greece Populated places in ancient Thessaly Ancient Magnesia Cities in ancient Greece Thessalian city-states {{AncientThessaly-geo-stub