Larissa Phrikonis
Location | Turkey |
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History | |
Founded | III millennium BC |
Larissa (
Asia Minor (modern Turkey). It has been identified with an archaeological site excavated in the early 20th century on a hilltop next to the village of Buruncuk, in the vicinity of Menemen, ca. 30 km north of İzmir, although the identification has sometimes been challenged.[4][5] The hill overlooks the Gediz River, known in antiquity as the Hermos, which here passes through a fertile plain
formed by alluvial soil carried from the Anatolian inland.
The first nucleus of Larissa formed during the third millennium BC. The city survived all through the
Thimbrom.[8] In Strabo's time it was deserted,[7] although it is mentioned by other ancient geographers such as Pliny the Elder,[9] Ptolemy,[10] and Stephanus of Byzantium.[11]
The first excavations in Larissa were initiated in 1902 by Swedish and German archeologists.[2][3] The findings were taken to Stockholm and to Istanbul archeological museums.
38°40′03″N 27°01′53″E / 38.667585°N 27.031388°E
References
- ^ Francesco Ambrosoli (1833). Paolo Andrea Molina (ed.). Della geografia di Strabone. Vol. III. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
- ^ a b Boehlau, Johannes; Schefold, Karl (1940). Larisa am Hermos: Die Ergebnisse der Ausgrabungen, 1902–1934, I: Die Bauten. Berlin: de Gruyter.
- ^ Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana (ed.). Larisa sull'Hermos. Enciclopedia dell'Arte Antica. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
- ^ Bean, George E. (1979). Aegean Turkey (2 ed.). London: John Murray. pp. 72–76.
- ^ Bean, George E. (1976). "Buruncuk ('Larisa')". In Stillwell, Richard (ed.). Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites. Princeton: Princeton University Press.
- ^ Homer. Iliad. Vol. 2.840.
- ^ a b Strabo. Geographica. Vol. xiii. p. 621. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
- ^ a b Xenophon. Hellenica. Vol. 3.1.7.
- ^ Pliny. Naturalis Historia. Vol. 5.32.
- ^ Ptolemy. The Geography. Vol. 5.2.5.
- ^ Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. Vol. s.v.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Larissa". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.