Artace (Mysia)
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Ancient city on the Propontis, Turkey
Artace or Artake (
Darius I.[4] Probably it was not rebuilt for quite some time, for Strabo in the 1st century does not mention it among the Mysian towns: but he speaks of a wooded mountain of the name, with an island of the same name near to it,[5] the same which Pliny the Elder calls Artacaeum.[6] Timosthenes, quoted by Stephanus of Byzantium,[7] also gives the name Artace or Artake to a mountain, and to a small island, one stadium from the land. In the time of Procopius (6th century), Artace had been rebuilt, and was a suburb of Cyzicus.[8]
It was a member of the
Athens between 454/3 and 418/7 BCE.[9]
Its site is located near Erdek, Asiatic Turkey.[10][11]
References
- ^ Herodotus. Histories. Vol. 4.14.
- ^ Strabo. Geographica. Vol. pp. 582, 635. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
- ^ Apollonius of Rhodes, Argonautica 1.955.
- ^ Herodotus. Histories. Vol. 6.33.
- ^ Strabo. Geographica. Vol. p. 576. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
- ^ Pliny. Naturalis Historia. Vol. 5.32.
- ^ Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. Vol. s. v. Ἀρτάκη.
- ^ Procopius, Bell. Pers. 1.25.
- ISBN 0-19-814099-1.
- ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.
- ^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Artace". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
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