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Ancient literary sources (33)

Perseus Encyclopedia

Antioch

ANTIOCHIA (Ancient city) TURKEY
City in Syria beside the Orontes.

Phaselis

FASILIS (Ancient city) TURKEY
A Dorian town of Asia Minor, its part in the Greek settlement at Naucratis, spear of Achilles in sanctuary of Athena at.

Celenderis

KELENDERIS (Ancient city) TURKEY
City in Cilicia.

Cilicia

KILIKIA (Ancient country) TURKEY
Traversed by the Halys, opposite Egypt, tribute to Persia, on the "royal road", Persian crossing from Cilicia to Cyprus, sailing thence of Datis' expedition, Cilicians in Xerxes' army, disparaged by Artemisia, by Mardonius, governed by Xenagoras, Typhon in, Corycian cave in, named after Cilix, Celenderis in.

Mallus

MALLOS (Ancient city) TURKEY
City of Cilicia.

Side

SIDI (Ancient port) TURKEY
City, taken by Achilles, in Pamphylia.

Soli

SOLI (Ancient city) TURKEY
Chrysippus of.

Tarsus

TARSOS (Ancient city) TURKEY
Cold in this sense is the water of the Cydnus which passes through Tarsus, and of the Melas which flows past Side in Pamphylia.

Xanthus

XANTHOS (Ancient city) TURKEY
Ιn Lycia, a town in Lycia, resistance of the Xanthians to the Persians, and their defeat.

Strabo

Aarassus

AARASSUS (Ancient city) PISSIDIA
Artemidorus says that the cities of the Pisidians are Selge, Sagalassus, Petnelissus, Adada, Tymbriada, Cremna, Pityassus, Amblada, Anabura, Sinda, Aarassus, Tarbassus, and Termessus.

Adada

ADADA (Ancient city) TURKEY
Artemidorus says that the cities of the Pisidians are Selge, Sagalassus, Petnelissus, Adada, Tymbriada, Cremna, Pityassus, Amblada, Anabura, Sinda, Aarassus, Tarbassus, and Termessus.

Hamaxia

AMAXIA (Ancient city) TURKEY
After Coracesium, one comes to Arsinoe, a city; then to Hamaxia, a settlement on a hill, with a harbor, where ship-building timber is brought down. Most of this timber is cedar; and it appears that this region beyond others abounds in cedar-wood for ships; and it was on this account that Antony assigned this region to Cleopatra, since it was suited to the building of her fleets (Strab. 14,5,3).

Amblada

AMVLADA (Ancient city) TURKEY
Artemidorus says that the cities of the Pisidians are Selge, Sagalassus, Petnelissus, Adada, Tymbriada, Cremna, Pityassus, Amblada, Anabura, Sinda, Aarassus, Tarbassus, and Termessus.

Anabura

ANABURA (Ancient city) TURKEY
Artemidorus says that the cities of the Pisidians are Selge, Sagalassus, Petnelissus, Adada, Tymbriada, Cremna, Pityassus, Amblada, Anabura, Sinda, Aarassus, Tarbassus, and Termessus.

Arima

ARIMA (Ancient country) KILIKIA
According to Strabo, Arima were mountains, so called after the people of Arimi, who lived, according to Callisthenes, near Calycadnus. Other writers suggest that the Arimi lived in Cilicia, in Syria, in Pithecoussae or in Mysia (Strab. 13,4,6).

Phellus

FELOS (Ancient city) TURKEY
And in the interior are places called Phellus and Antiphellus and Chimaera, which last I have mentioned above (Strab. 14, 3, 7).

Comana

IEROPOLIS (Ancient city) TURKEY
In this Antitaurus are deep and narrow valleys, in which are situated Comana and the temple of Enyo, whom the people there call "Ma." (Strab. 12,2,3).

0enoandon

INOANDA (Ancient city) TURKEY
Three bordering cities were added to Cibyra, Bubon, Balbura, and 0enoandon, and the union was called Tetrapolis, each of the three having one vote, but Cibyra two.

Carmylessus

KARMILISSOS (Ancient city) LYKIA
Then, next, one comes to Anticragus, a steep mountain, where is Carmylessus, an inhabited place situated in a ravine (Strab. 14,3,5).

Catenneis

KATENNEIS (Ancient city) PISSIDIA
Contiguous to these are the Pisidians, and in particular the Selgeis, who are the most notable of the Pisidians. Now the greater part of them occupy the summits of the Taurus, but some, situated above Side and Aspendus, Pamphylian cities, occupy hilly places, everywhere planted with olive-trees; and the region above this (we are now in the mountains) is occupied by the Catenneis, whose country borders on that of the Selgeis and the Homonadeis; but the Sagalasseis occupy the region this side the Taurus that faces Milyas.

Cibyra

KIVYRA (Ancient city) TURKEY
Three bordering cities were added to Cibyra, Bubon, Balbura, and 0enoandon, and the union was called Tetrapolis, each of the three having one vote, but Cibyra two; for Cibyra could send forth thirty thousand footsoldiers and two thousand horse.

Cremna

KRIMNA (Ancient city) TURKEY
Artemidorus says that the cities of the Pisidians are Selge, Sagalassus, Petnelissus, Adada, Tymbriada, Cremna, Pityassus, Amblada, Anabura, Sinda, Aarassus, Tarbassus, and Termessus (Strab. 12,7,2).

Olbe

OLVIA (Ancient city) TURKEY
And still above this and Soli is a mountainous country, in which is a city Olbe, with a temple of Zeus, founded by Ajax the son of Teucer (Strab. 14.5.10).

Petnelissus

PETNELISSUS (Ancient city) TURKEY
Perseus Project index. Total results on 2/7/2001: 2

Pityassus

PITYASSUS (Ancient city) TURKEY
Artemidorus says that the cities of the Pisidians are Selge, Sagalassus, Petnelissus, Adada, Tymbriada, Cremna, Pityassus, Amblada, Anabura, Sinda, Aarassus, Tarbassus, and Termessus.

Sagalassus

SAGALASSOS (Ancient city) TURKEY
Artemidorus says that the cities of the Pisidians are Selge, Sagalassus, Petnelissus, Adada, Tymbriada, Cremna, Pityassus, Amblada, Anabura, Sinda, Aarassus, Tarbassus, and Termessus.

Seleuceiain-Pieria

SELEUCIA PIERIA (Ancient port) TURKEY
After Cilicia the first Syrian city is Seleuceiain-Pieria, near which the Orontes River empties (Strab. 14,5,20).

Selge

SELGI (Ancient city) TURKEY
Artemidorus says that the cities of the Pisidians are Selge, Sagalassus, Petnelissus, Adada, Tymbriada, Cremna, Pityassus, Amblada, Anabura, Sinda, Aarassus, Tarbassus, and Termessus.

Sinda

SINDA (Ancient city) TURKEY
Artemidorus says that the cities of the Pisidians are Selge, Sagalassus, Petnelissus, Adada, Tymbriada, Cremna, Pityassus, Amblada, Anabura, Sinda, Aarassus, Tarbassus, and Termessus.

Tarbassus

TARBASSUS (Ancient city) TURKEY
Artemidorus says that the cities of the Pisidians are Selge, Sagalassus, Petnelissus, Adada, Tymbriada, Cremna, Pityassus, Amblada, Anabura, Sinda, Aarassus, Tarbassus, and Termessus.

Termessus

TERMISSOS (Ancient city) TURKEY
Artemidorus says that the cities of the Pisidians are Selge, Sagalassus, Petnelissus, Adada, Tymbriada, Cremna, Pityassus, Amblada, Anabura, Sinda, Aarassus, Tarbassus, and Termessus.

Tymbriada

TYMBRIADA (Ancient city) TURKEY
Artemidorus says that the cities of the Pisidians are Selge, Sagalassus, Petnelissus, Adada, Tymbriada, Cremna, Pityassus, Amblada, Anabura, Sinda, Aarassus, Tarbassus, and Termessus.

Balbura

VALVOURA (Ancient city) LYKIA
Three bordering cities were added to it, Bubon, Balbura, and 0enoandon, and the union was called Tetrapolis, each of the three having one vote, but Cibyra two; for Cibyra could Cibyra and forth thirty thousand footsoldiers and two thousand horse.

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