Magarsa

Coordinates: 36°32′39″N 35°20′46″E / 36.54423°N 35.34619°E / 36.54423; 35.34619
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Magarsa (

Hellenistic times as Antiochia ad Pyramum (Antioch on the Pyramus).[5][6]

Strabo writes that during his time the tombs of Amphilochus and Mopsus were in Magarsa.[7]

Its site is located near Dörtdirek, Karataş, in Asiatic Turkey.[5][6]

References

  1. ^ Strabo. Geographica. Vol. xiv. p.676. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
  2. ^ Arrian, Anab. 2.5.
  3. ^ Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. Vol. s.v. Μάγαρσος.
  4. ^ Lycoph. 439; Pliny. Naturalis Historia. Vol. 5.22.
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  6. ^ a b Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
  7. ^ Strabo, Geography, 14.5

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

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