Τεμέση
ἐν ταῖς ἀνάγκαις χρημάτων κρείττων φίλος → it is better in times of need to have friends rather than money, a friend in need is a friend indeed (Menander, Sententiae monostichoi 143)
English (LSJ)
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.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
Τεμέση: ἡ Темеса (древний город на Кипре, по по друг. - в южн. Италии) Hom.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
Τεμέση: ἡ, τόπος ἐξ οὗ (κατὰ τὸν Ὅμ. ἐν Ὀδ. Α. 184) οἱ Τάφιοι ἐλάμβανον χαλκὸν εἰς ἀνταλλαγὴν πρὸς σίδηρον· ὁ Στράβ. καὶ ἄλλοι ταυτίζουσιν αὐτὴν πρὸς τὴν Τεμέσην τῆς Βρεττίας· ἀλλὰ πιθανώτερον ἦτο ἡ ἐν Κύπρῳ Τάμασσος ἡ ἀνέκαθεν περίφημος διὰ τὰ χαλκουργεῖά της· πρβλ. Nitzsch ἐν τόπῳ καὶ Στέφ. Βυζάντ. ἐν λέξει.
English (Autenrieth)
a town celebrated for its copper mines, perhaps in Cyprus, Od. 1.184†.