[34] The Teneric plain has its name from Tenerus. According to mythology, he was the son of Apollo and Melia, and declared the answers of the oracle at the mountain Ptoum,1 which, the same poet says, had three peaks: “ At one time he occupied the caves of the three-headed Ptoum;
” and he calls Tenerus “‘the prophet, dwelling in the temple, and having the same name as the soil on which it stands.’” "The Ptoum is situated above the Teneric plain, and the lake Copaïs, near Acræphium. Both the oracle and the mountain belonged to the Thebans. Acrsephium2 itself is situated upon a height. This, it is said, is the place called Arne by the poet, having the same name as the Thessalian Arnē.
1 The three summits of Ptoum bear the names of Palea, Stranitza, and Skroponeri.
2 The ruins are situated at a short distance south of Kardhitza. The site of Cierium, the modern village Mataranga, was first discovered by Leake, who identifies it with Arne, and supposes, with much probability, that the name Arne may have been disused by the Thessalian conquerors, because it was of Bœotian origin, and that the new appellation may have been taken from the neighboring river Curalius or Cuarius.
The Geography of Strabo. Literally translated, with notes, in three volumes. London. George Bell & Sons. 1903.
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