Colophon (city)
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Κολοφών (in Ancient Greek) | |
Izmir Province, Turkey | |
| Region | Ionia |
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| Coordinates | 38°06′32″N 27°08′30″E / 38.10889°N 27.14167°E |
| Type | Settlement |
| History | |
| Cultures | Greek, Roman |
| Associated with | Xenophanes, Antimachus, Mimnermus, Hermesianax |
Colophon (
The city's name comes from the word κολοφών, "summit", (which is also the origin of the bibliographic term "
History
According to
In Greek antiquity
Colophon was the strongest of the Ionian cities and renowned both for its cavalry and for the inhabitants' luxurious lifestyle, until Gyges of Lydia conquered it in the 7th century BC. Colophon then went into decline and was eclipsed by neighbouring Ephesus and by the rising naval power of Ionia, Miletus.
After the death of Alexander the Great, Perdiccas expelled the Athenian settlers on Samos to Colophon, including the family of Epicurus, who joined them there after completing his military service.
In the 3rd century BC, it was destroyed by
In
Additionally, the city, as a major location on the Ionic mainland, was cited as a possible home or birthplace for
.Bishopric
While tradition gave as the first
Colophon continued to be listed in Notitiae Episcopatuum as late as the 12th or 13th century, as a suffragan of Ephesus, capital of the Roman province of Asia.[8]
No longer a residential bishopric, Colophon is today listed by the Catholic Church as a titular see.[9]
Notable people
- Antimachus, an Ancient Greek poet and grammarian.
- Hermesianax (poet), an Ancient Greek elegiac poet of the Hellenistic period.
- Hermesianax, an Ancient Greek Ancient Greek: Εἰκάσιος), was also victor at wrestling in the games.[10]
- Mimnermus, an Ancient Greek elegiac poet.
- .
Attribution
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Pétridès, Sophron (1913). "Colophon". In Herbermann, Charles (ed.). Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
References
- ^ "Colophon". Dictionary.com Unabridged (Online). n.d. Retrieved 2012-03-21.
- Perseus Project.
- Perseus Project.
- ^ "Rosin Uses — Rosin-Factory.com". Retrieved 31 October 2018.
- ^ Michel Lequien, Oriens christianus in quatuor Patriarchatus digestus, Paris 1740, Vol. I, coll. 723-726
- ^ Pascal Culerrier, Les évêchés suffragants d'Éphèse aux 5e-13e siècles, in Revue des études byzantines, tome 45, 1987, p. 155
- ^ Raymond Janin, v. Colophon, in Dictionnaire d'Histoire et de Géographie ecclésiastiques, vol. XIII, Paris 1956, coll. 340-341
- ^ Sophrone Pétridès, "Colophon" in Catholic Encyclopedia (New York 1908)
- ISBN 978-88-209-9070-1), p. 875
- ^ Pausanias, 6.17.4.
Sources
- Works by Lucian of Samosata at Project Gutenberg
- Loeb Classical Library, vol. 3/8 of Lucian's works, with facing Greek text
- Works of Lucian of Samostata at sacred-texts.com
- Herodotus Project: Colophon
- 'The Rise of the Greeks' - Michael Grant (Guild Publishing) 1987 - pages 159, 345.
External links
- Hogarth, David George (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 6 (11th ed.). p. 717.
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