Τεμέση,
ἡ, a place whence (acc. to
Od. 1.184 ) the Taphians obtained copper in exchange for iron: some identified it with Temesa in Bruttium; others read
Ταμασόν or
Τάμασιν, i.e. Tamassos in Cyprus, v.
Str. 6.1.5 ,
Paus. 6.6.8 ,
St.Byz.:
ὁ ἐν Τεμέσῃ ἥρως, prov. of misplaced rage,
Eust. 1409.14 .