A little way south of Calti Burun (ancient Heracleum Promontorium or the Cape of Hercules) lies this small town on the Terme Çayi, which is probably the ancient Thermodon.
The ancient town of Themiskyra was situated at the mouth of the river. Themiskyra was also the name of the plain which according to Strabo began 60 stadia (10km/7mi) behind Amisos (Samsun). It extended to the River Thermodon and was noted for the fertility of its soil.
Amazons
(Eastern Black Sea Coast)
Themiskyra was believed to be the home of the Amazons, the warlike man-hating women of Greek mythology who were said to be descended from the god Ares and the nymph Harmonia. According to the legend, the women cut off their right breasts the better to use a bow and arrow. Amazon in Greek means without breasts. One of the Labors of Herakles (Hercules) involved him in going to Themiskyra and taking back to Argos the girdle of the Amazon queen Hippolyte. When the Greeks came to the area to establish their colonies, they found no Amazons and concluded that Herakles had either killed them all or driven them away.
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