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Aiolian city on a small peninsula NE of Phokaia, near the mouth of
the Kaikos (Hdt. 1.149; Strab. 13.614; Ov., Met. 7.357). It was not important
in history, but it is the only Aiolian site in Anatolia to produce valuable archaeological
material. Excavations in the 19th c. at the necropolis on the isthmus of the peninsula
yielded a Mycenaean stirrup vase and Greek archaic pottery now in the Istanbul
Museum, and the town itself has produced much terra sigillata.
Recent excavations in the archaic necropolis yielded mainly vases
of ca. 625-500 B.C., but also some Geometric and Protogeometric pottery, fine
specimens of Chian pottery, and a large number of orientalizing vases from the
first half of the 6th c. (Istanbul Museum and Izmir Museum). An archaic statue
discovered accidentally is now in the museum at Bergama.
E. Akurgal, ed.
This text is from: The Princeton encyclopedia of classical sites,
Princeton University Press 1976. Cited Nov 2002 from
Perseus Project URL below, which contains bibliography & interesting hyperlinks.
Total results: 28 for Pitane, 9 for Pitana.
A seaport town of Mysia, on the coast of the Elaitic Gulf; the birthplace of the academic philosopher Arcesilaus.
Pitane (Pitane: Eth. Pitanaios), an ancient city on the coast of Aeolis in Asia Minor, was situated near the mouth of the river Evenus on the bay of Elaea. It was one of the eleven ancient Aeolian settlements, and possessed considerable commercial advantages in having two harbours. (Herod. i. 149; Scylax, p. 37; Strab. xiii. pp. 581, 607, 614.) It was the birthplace of the academic philosopher Arcesilaus, and in the reign of Titus it suffered severely from an earthquake. (Oros. vii. 12; comp. Ptol. v. 2. § 5; Steph. B. s. v.; Plin. v. 32, xxxv. 49; Ov. Met. vii. 357) The town is still mentioned in Hierocles, and its site is universally identified with the modern Tchandeli or Sanderli. Pliny (l. c.) mentions in its vicinity a river Canaius, which is not noticed by any other writer; but it may possibly be the river Pitanes, spoken of by Ptolemy (iii. 2. § 3), and which seems to derive its name from the town of Pitane.
This text is from: Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854) (ed. William Smith, LLD). Cited August 2004 from The Perseus Project URL below, which contains interesting hyperlinks
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