Pitane (Aeolis)

Coordinates: 38°55′41″N 26°56′14″E / 38.92806°N 26.93722°E / 38.92806; 26.93722
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Pitane
Πιτάνη (in Ancient Greek)
Izmir Province, Turkey
RegionAeolis
Coordinates38°55′41″N 26°56′14″E / 38.92806°N 26.93722°E / 38.92806; 26.93722
TypeSettlement

Pitane (

Ancient Greek: Πιτάνη), near Çandarlı, Turkey, was an ancient Greek town of the ancient region of Aeolis, in Asia Minor. It was situated near the mouth of the river Evenus on the bay of Elaea. It was one of the eleven ancient Aeolian settlements and possessed considerable commercial advantages in having two harbours.[1][2] It was the birthplace of the academic philosopher Arcesilaus, and in the reign of Titus it suffered severely from an earthquake.[3][4][5][6] The town is still mentioned by Hierocles. Pliny the Elder mentions in its vicinity a river Canaius,[5] which is not noticed by any other writer; but it may possibly be the river Pitanes, spoken of by Ptolemy, and which seems to derive its name from the town of Pitane.[7]

Its site is near modern Çandarlı, Asiatic Turkey.[8][9]

History

Excavations in the necropolis of Pitane revealed ceramic finds from the

protogeometric, geometric, orientalizing, and the Archaic Greek
periods.

Pitane is believed to be the northernmost point of Mycenaean influence in Anatolia.

A kouros from Pitane, dated to the 6th century BCE, is now housed at the Bergama Archeological Museum.

Classical Period

In the fifth century BCE, Pitane was a member of the

Persian Empire, but the city was saved by the Persian general Memnon of Rhodes.[11]

Hellenistic Period

In c. 319 BCE, its citizen Herakleitos, son of Lysistratos, was honoured by the people of Delphi. In c. 325-c. 275 BCE, the people of Abydos honoured another citizen, Charidemos, son of Antiphanes, with a dedication at Delphi, which included a statue by the famous Athenian sculptor Praxiteles.[12]

In the reign of the

Mithridates VI fled to Pitane while evading the Roman general Gaius Flavius Fimbria, where he was besieged by Fimbria before escaping to Mytilene by sea.[15]

Christian Era

Under the Latin name Pitanae, the town was

Roman Catholic Church.[16]

Notable people

See also

References

  1. ^ Herodotus. Histories. Vol. 1.149.
  2. ^ Periplus of Pseudo-Scylax; Strabo. Geographica. Vol. xiii. pp. 581, 607, 614. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
  3. ^ Oros. 7.12; Ptolemy. The Geography. Vol. 5.2.5.
  4. ^ Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. Vol. s.v.
  5. ^ a b Pliny. Naturalis Historia. Vol. 5.32, 35.49.
  6. ^ Ovid Met. 7.357.
  7. ^ Ptolemy. The Geography. Vol. 3.2.3.
  8. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9
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  9. ^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
  10. ^ IG I3 260-6, 268-73, 279, 281.
  11. ^ Diodorus Siculus 17.7.9.
  12. ^ Fouilles de Delphes III (1) 410 (Herakleitos), (4) 215 (Charidemos).
  13. ^ IG XII Supplementum 142 = OGIS 335.
  14. ^ IG XII Supplementum 142. See further I. Savalli-Lestrade, ‘Eumène (Ier) et l’expansion de Pergame: à propos de IG XII Suppl. no. 142’ Revue des Etudes Grecques 105 (1992) 221-30.
  15. ^ Plutarch, Lucullus 3, Appian, Mithridatica 52.
  16. ^ Catholic Hierarchy
  17. ^ S. D. Olson and A. Sens, Matro of Pitane and the Tradition of Epic Parody in the Fourth Century BCE: Text, Translation, and Commentary (Oxford 1999).

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


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