Pamphylia
Pamphylia (Παμφυλία) | |
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Ancient Region of Anatolia | |
Asia Minor in the Greco-Roman period. The classical regions, including Pamphylia, and their main settlements. |
Pamphylia (
Name
The name Pamphylia comes from the
Origins of the Pamphylians
According to Encyclopædia Britannica, the Pamphylians were “a mixture of aboriginal inhabitants, immigrant Cilicians (Greek: Κίλικες) and Greeks”.[9] However, Herodotus and Strabo record that the Pamphylians were descended from Greeks who came with Calchas and Amphilochos after the Trojan War.[10] Additionally, Pausanias states that they were a Greek race.[11] Theopompus, as well, informs us that Pamphylia was inhabited by Greeks.[12] Some modern scholars suggest that they migrated to Pamphylia from Arcadia and generally the Peloponnese in the 12th century BC.[13] The significance of the Greek contribution to the origin of the Pamphylians can be attested alike by tradition and archaeology,[14] and Pamphylia can be considered a Greek country from the early Iron Age until the early Middle Ages.[15]
There can be little doubt that the Pamphylians and Pisidians were the same people, though the former had received colonies from Greece and other lands, and from this cause, combined with the greater fertility of their territory, had become more civilized than their neighbours in the interior.[citation needed] But the distinction between the two seems to have been established at an early period. Herodotus, who does not mention the Pisidians, enumerates the Pamphylians among the nations of Asia Minor, while Ephorus mentions them both, correctly including the one among the nations on the coast, the other among those of the interior.[1]
A number of scholars have distinguished in the
History
During the
In the historical era, the region's population spoke
Upon
As of 1911, the district was largely peopled with recently settled Ottoman Muslims from Greece, Crete, and the Balkans, as a result of the long-term consequences of the Congress of Berlin and the collapse of the Ottoman Empire.[1]
Notable people from Pamphylia
- Apollonius of Perga, astronomer, mathematician (c. 262 - c. 190 BC)
- Artemidorus of Perga,
- Aetos (son of Apollonius) from Aspendos, Ptolemaic commander, founder of Arsinoe (Cilicia) (c. 238 BC)[24]
- Mnaseas (son of Artemon) from Side, sculptor (end 3rd century BC)[25]
- Orestas (son of Erymneus) from
- Thymilus of stadion (distance of 180–190 m) running race victor (winner) in Olympics 176 BC [27]
- Apollonios (son of Koiranos) from Aspendos, Ptolemaic commander, Aptera (Crete) (1st half - 2nd century BC)[28]
- Asclepiades (son of Myron) from Perga, physician honoured by the people of Seleucia (3rd - 2nd century BC)[29]
- Plancia Magna from Perga, influential citizen, benefactress, high-priestess of Artemis (1st and 2nd century AD)[30]
- Menodora (daughter of Megacles) from Sillyon, magistrate and benefactor (c. 2nd century AD)[31]
- Zenon (son of Theodorus) from Aspendos, architect of the Aspendos theatre (2nd century AD)[32]
- Apollonius of Aspendos (son of Apollonius), poet (2nd/early 3rd century AD)[33]
- Aurelia Paulina from Perga, prominent noblewoman of Syrian origin, donator, high-priestess of Artemis (2nd and 3rd century AD)
- Probus from Side, martyr (died c. 304 AD)
- Philip of Side, historian (c. 380 - after 431)
- Matrona of Perge, saint, abbess of Constantinople, (late 5th - early 6th century AD)[34]
- Antony I Kassymatas from Sillyon, patriarch of Constantinople (c. 780 - 837)
Archaeological sites
- Antalya
- Aspendos
- Etenna
- Eurymedon Bridge at Aspendos, a Roman bridge which was reconstructed by the Seljuks and follows a zigzag course over the river
- Selge, a Roman bridge
- Perga
- Side
- Sillyon
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Pamphylia". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 20 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 662. One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the
- ^ Παμφυλία, Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon, on Perseus
- ^ πάμφυλος, Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon, on Perseus
- ^ πᾶς, Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon, on Perseus
- ^ φυλή, Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon, on Perseus
- ^ Herodotus, The Histories, 5.68
- ^ Πάμφυλος, William J. Slater, Lexicon to Pindar, on Perseus
- ^ George Grote : A History of Greece. p. 286; Irad Malkin : Myth and Territory in the Spartan Mediterranean. Cambridge U Pr, 2003. p. 41.
- ^ Pamphylia, Encyclopædia Britannica
- ISBN 978-1-118-61072-5.
Herodotus and Strabo record the story that the Pamphylians were the descendants of Greeks who arrived with the seers Calchas and Amphilochos after the Trojan War.
- ^ Pausanias, Description of Greece, 7.3.7 "Καρῶν δὲ κατὰ φιλίαν ἐκ παλαιοῦ πρὸς Μίνω, Παμφύλων δὲ ὅτι γένους μέτεστιν Ἑλληνικοῦ καὶ τούτοις"
- ^ Pin, Louis Ellies Du (1709). The Universal Library of Historians; the Oriental, Greek, Latin, French, German, Spanish, Italian, English, and Others: Containing an Account of Their Lives and a Catalogue of the Several Editions of Their Works. R. Bonwicke. p. 112.
He [Theopompus] describes how Pamphylia was inhabited by Greeks.
- ^ Ahmad Hasan Dani, Jean-Pierre Mohen, J. L. Lorenzo, and V. M. Masson, History of Humanity-Scientific and Cultural Development: From the Third Millennium to the Seventh Century B.C (Vol II), UNESCO, 1996, p.425
- Arnold Hugh Martin Jones, The cities of the eastern Roman provinces, Clarendon Press, 1971, p.123
- ^ John D. Grainger, The cities of Pamphylia, Oxbow Books, 2009, p.27
- ^ A.-F. Christidis, A History of Ancient Greek: From the Beginnings to Late Antiquity, Cambridge University Press, 2007, p.427
- ^ G. Beckman (1996). Hittite diplomatic texts. Atlanta.
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- ^ "Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, page 1015 (v. 1)". Ancientlibrary.com. Archived from the original on 2012-11-02. Retrieved 2013-09-03.
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- ^ Epigr. tou Oropou 148
- ^ SEG 39:1426 - The Hellenistic Monarchies: Selected Papers
Page 264 By Christian Habicht ISBN 0-472-11109-4
- ^ IK Side I 1
- ^ BCH 1936:280,1
- ^ "links to Greek and Latin Authors in the web". Attalus. Retrieved 2013-09-03.
- ^ SEG 23:573 R.S. Bagnall (1976) The Administration of the Ptolemaic Possessions outside Egypt, p. 124. Brill Archive.
- ^ Epigr.Anat. 11:104,5 Inscriptions for Physicians
- ^ Elaine Fantham, Helene Peet Foley, Natalie Boymel Kampen, Sarah B. Pomeroy & H. Alan Shapiro (1995) Women in the Classical World: Image and Text, Oxford University Press
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- ^ "Aspendos Archaeological Project". Aspendosproject.com. Archived from the original on 2013-07-24. Retrieved 2013-09-03.
- ^ IG VII 1773 - The Context of Ancient Drama
Page 192 By Eric Csapo, William J. Slater ISBN 0-472-08275-2
- ^ "Internet Medieval Sourcebook". Fordham.edu. Retrieved 2013-09-03.
External links
- Livius.org: Pamphylia Archived 2012-12-29 at the Wayback Machine
- Asia Minor Coins: Pamphylia ancient Greek and Roman coins from Pamphylia