Cius

Coordinates: 40°25′57″N 29°09′23″E / 40.432468°N 29.156389°E / 40.432468; 29.156389
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This article is about the ancient Greek city. For Roman fort in Moesia, see
Cius (castrum). For tablet device from Cisco, see Cisco Cius
.
Cius
Cius is located in Turkey
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LocationTurkey
RegionBursa Province
Coordinates40°25′57″N 29°09′23″E / 40.432468°N 29.156389°E / 40.432468; 29.156389

Cius (

Apollonius Rhodius
.

Geography

Cius was strategically placed at the head of a gulf in the Propontis, called the gulf of Cius, or Cianus Sinus. Herodotus calls it Cius of Mysia;

Milesian colony.[3] It was at the foot of Mount Arganthonius, and there was a myth that Hylas, one of the companions of Heracles on the voyage to Colchis, was carried off by the nymphs when he went to get water here; and also that Cius, another companion of Heracles, on his return from Colchis, stayed here and founded the city, to which he gave his name.[4]
Pliny mentions a river Hylas and a river Cius here, one of which reminds us of the name of the youth who was stolen by the nymphs, and the other of the mythical founder.

The Cius may be the channel by which the lake Ascania discharges its waters into the gulf of Cius; though Pliny speaks of the Ascanium flumen as flowing into the gulf, and we must assume that he gives this name to the channel which connects the lake and the sea. If the river Cius is not identical with this channel, it must be a small stream near Cius. As

Phrygia
, which was at no great distance from it.

History

Cius was taken by the

Cierus. But it is remarked that Cius must either have still existed by the side of the new city, or must have recovered its old name; for Pliny mentions Cius, and also Mela,[10] Zosimus,[11] and writers of a still later date. It was a member of the Delian League.[12]

It was an important chain in the ancient Silk Road and became known as a wealthy town.

Coins

Coin of Cius

There are coins of Cius, with the legend Κιανων, belonging to the Roman imperial period; and there are coins of Prusias with the epigraph, Προυσιεων των προς θαλασσαν.

Bishopric

Cius became an early Christian

archdiocese, being listed as such in Notitiae Episcopatuum from the 7th century onward.[13][14][15] No longer a residential bishopric, Cius is today listed by the Catholic Church as a titular see.[16]

Modern history

Following the

Paralia, in Pieria, Greece. There are only few remnants of the ancient town and its harbour today. Somewhat more to the west, the new modern town of Gemlik, Bursa Province, Turkey
is found.

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b Herodotus. Histories. Vol. 5.122.
  2. ^ Xenophon. Hellenica. Vol. 1.4.7.
  3. ^ Pliny. Naturalis Historia. Vol. 5.32.
  4. ^ Strabo. Geographica. Vol. p. 564. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
  5. ^ Ptolemy. The Geography. Vol. 5.1.
  6. ^ Strabo. Geographica. Vol. p. 563. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
  7. ^ Polybius. The Histories. Vol. 16.21.
  8. ^ Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. Vol. s.v. Προῦσα.
  9. ^ a b Memnon, ap. Phot. Cod. 224 c.43; Hoeschel's ed. of Photius
  10. ^ Pomponius Mela. De situ orbis. Vol. 1.19.
  11. ^ Zosimus, Historia Nova, 1.35
  12. ^ Athenian Tribute Lists
  13. ^ Michel Lequien, Oriens christianus in quatuor Patriarchatus digestus, Paris 1740, Vol. I, coll. 631-636
  14. ^ Raymond Janin, v. Cius, in Dictionnaire d'Histoire et de Géographie ecclésiastiques, vol. XII, Paris 1953, coll. 1024-1026
  15. ^ Pius Bonifacius Gams, Series episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Leipzig 1931, p. 443
  16. ISBN 978-88-209-9070-1
    ), p. 870

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Cius". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.

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