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OLVIA (Ancient city) PAMFYLIA
The westernmost town on the coast of Pamphylia. (Strab. xiv. pp. 666,
foll.; Plin. v. 26.) Ptolemy (v. 5. § 2), consistently with this description,
places it between Phaselis and Attaleia. Stephanus B. (s. v.) blames Philo for
ascribing this town to Pamphylia, since, as he asserts, it was situated in the
territory of the Solymi, and its real name was Olba; but the critic is here himself
at fault, confounding Olbia with the Pisidian Olbasa. Strabo describes our Olbia
as a strong fortress, and its inhabitants colonised the Lycian town of Cydrema.
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