Mysia
Mysia | |
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Ancient Region of Anatolia | |
Asia Minor in the Greco-Roman period. The classical regions, including Mysia, and their main settlements |
Mysia (UK and other groups.
Geography
The precise limits of Mysia are difficult to assign. The Phrygian frontier was fluctuating, while in the northwest the
Under
Land and elevation
The chief physical features of Mysia are the two
Cities
The most important cities were Pergamon in the valley of the
History
A minor episode in the Trojan War cycle in Greek mythology has the Greek fleet land at Mysia, mistaking it for Troy. Achilles wounds their king, Telephus, after he slays a Greek; Telephus later pleads with Achilles to heal the wound. This coastal region ruled by Telephus is alternatively named "Teuthrania" in Greek mythology, as it was previously ruled by King Teuthras. In the Iliad, Homer represents the Mysians as allies of Troy, with the Mysian forces led by Ennomus (a prophet) and Chromius, sons of Arsinous. Homeric Mysia appears to have been much smaller in extent than historical Mysia, and did not extend north to the Hellespont or the Propontis. Homer does not mention any cities or landmarks in Mysia, and it is not clear exactly where Homeric Mysia was situated, although it was probably[original research?] located somewhere between the Troad (to the northwest of Mysia) and Lydia/Maeonia (to its south).
A number of Mysian inscriptions have survived in a dialect of the
Under the Persian Achaemenid Empire, the northwest corner of Asia Minor, still occupied by Phrygians but mainly by Aeolians, was called "Phrygia Minor" – and by the Greeks "Hellespontos".
After Rome's defeat of
According to the
Ancient bridges
The remains of several Roman bridges can still be found:
- Aesepus Bridge across the Aesepus (today Gönen Çayı)
- Rhyndacus(Adırnas Çayı)
- Makestos(Susurluk Çayı)
- Granicus(Biga Çayı)
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e public domain: Hasluck, Frederick William (1911). "Mysia". In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 19 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 115–116. One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the
- ^ Strabo, Geographia, XII.5.3
- ^ a b William Smith, New Classical Dictionary of Biography, Mythology, and Geography, entry: "Mysia"
- ^ Titchener, J.B. (1926), Synopsis of Greek and Roman Civilization, Cambridge MA
- ^ Acts 16:7–8
- BibleGateway.comaccessed 23 September 2015
- ^ Acts 16:6
External links
Media related to Mysia at Wikimedia Commons