Gergis (Troad)

Coordinates: 39°53′55″N 26°36′33″E / 39.898491°N 26.609255°E / 39.898491; 26.609255
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Gergis (

Gergetha or Gergithion, near Larissa Phrikonis, in the territory of Cyme.[11] The old town of Gergis was believed by some to have been the birthplace of the Sibyl
, whence coins found there have the image of the prophetess impressed upon them.

Cephalion (Κεφαλίων) or Cephalon (Κεφάλων) of Gergis was a rhetor and historian during the reign of Hadrian. He left his city because of enmity with its rulers and went to Sicily. He wrote many works in Ionic Greek.[12]

Its site is located near Karınkalı, Asiatic Turkey.[1][13]

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  2. ^ Herodotus. Histories. Vol. 5.122.
  3. ^ Herodotus. Histories. Vol. 7.43.
  4. ^ Xenophon. Hellenica. Vol. 3.1.15.
  5. Ab urbe condita Libri
    [History of Rome]. Vol. 38.39.
  6. ^ Strabo. Geographica. Vol. xiii. p.589. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
  7. ^ Pliny. Naturalis Historia. Vol. 5.32.
  8. ^ Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. Vol. s.v. Γέργις.
  9. ^ Athenaeus. Deipnosophistae. Vol. 6.256.
  10. ^ Strabo. Geographica. Vol. xii. p. 524. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
  11. ^ Strabo. Geographica. Vol. p. 616. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
  12. ^ Suda, kappa, 1449
  13. ^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.

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

39°53′55″N 26°36′33″E / 39.898491°N 26.609255°E / 39.898491; 26.609255