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Macestus

ANGYRA (Ancient city) TURKEY
  Macestus or Mecestus (Makestos or Mekestos), a tributary of the river Rhyndacus: it took its origin in a lake near Ancyra, and, after flowing for some distance in a western direction, it turned northward, and joined the Rhyndacus a little to the north of Miletopolis. (Strab. xii. p. 576; Plin. v. 40.) It seems to be the same river as the one called by Polybius Megistus (v. 77), though the Scholiast on Apollonius Rhodius (i. 1162) remarks, that in his time the Rhyndacus itself bore that name. The lower part of the river now bears the name Susu or Susugherli, while the upper part is called Simaul-Su. (Hamilton's Researches, vol. ii. pp. 105, 111.)

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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