Myus (Cilicia)
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Town in ancient Cilicia
Myus or Myous (
Celenderis and Cape Pisidium or Posidium (modern Kızıl Burun),[3] from which it was only 7 stadia distant.[4][5] Modern scholarship tentatively accepts the identity with Myanda/Mysanda but rejects that of Mandane.[6]
Myus is tentatively located near Yenikaş in Asiatic Turkey.[7][6]
References
- ^ Periplus of Pseudo-Scylax
- ^ Pliny. Naturalis Historia. Vol. 5.27.
- ^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
- ^ Stadiasmus Maris Magni §§ 174, 175.
- ^
Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Mandane". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.
- ^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
Attribution
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Mandane". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
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