Scepsis

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Scepsis
Σκῆψις or Σκέψις
View of the village of Kurşuntepe from the highest point of the site of ancient Scepsis.
Scepsis is located in Turkey
Scepsis
Shown within Turkey
LocationKurşuntepe, Çanakkale Province, Turkey
RegionTroad
Coordinates39°48′40″N 26°42′23″E / 39.81111°N 26.70639°E / 39.81111; 26.70639
TypeSettlement

Scepsis or Skepsis (

Pergamum and Alexandria.[1] It was also home to Metrodorus of Scepsis and Demetrius of Scepsis
.

History

The city of Scepsis was situated in two different, non-contemporary sites on Mount Ida, Palea-Scepsis and the settlement of Scepsis proper. Strabo writes that Anaximenes of Lampsacus said that Miletus colonized the place.[2]

Palea-Scepsis

Palea-Scepsis (Old Scepsis) is notable for the native tradition that it was once the "capital of Aeneas's dominions."[3] It was situated near the source of the Aesepus, high up on Mount Ida. William Vaux was able to note in 1877 that a village in the neighborhood still bore the name of Eski Skisepje, which in Turkish corresponds to "Palea-Scepsis."[3]

Dr. Andreas David Mordtmann, the discoverer of the settlement, is quoted on his discovery by Dr. Archibald Ross Colquhoun in a reference by Vaux.

I did discover a most ancient city with its

Asia Minor, for I hold this can be no other than Palae-Scepsis.[3]

The city was given to Themistocles by Artaxerxes I of Persia in order to provide him with clothes.[4]

Scepsis

Location of the later Scepsis (just above center)

The later Scepsis was about sixty

Sulla, of the works of Aristotle and Theophrastus, which had been buried by the illiterate relations of one Neleus (a pupil of Aristotle and friend of Theophrastus), so that they would not be carried off by Attalus I, who was then founding the Library of Pergamum.[3]

Several times in its history, the citizens of Scepsis were forced to move elsewhere. When citizens of surrounding cities were forced to migrate to Troy, citizens of Scepsis were also forced to relocate. The city was again evacuated while the residents of surrounding cities were made to move to Alexandria Troas.[5]

Certain traditions hold that

Roman Catholic Church.[6]

Notable people

Notes and references

  1. ISBN 3-88618-911-2
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  2. ^ Strabo, Geography, § 14.1.6
  3. ^ a b c d Vaux, William Sandys Wright (1877). Ancient history from the monuments: Greek cities & islands of Asia Minor. London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. pp. 8–9. scepsis.
  4. ^ Plutarch, na. "Themistocles, Part II". Archived from the original on 2015-10-01.
  5. ^ "On Kazdağ: Bayramiç". Governorship of Çanakkale. Archived from the original on 2007-01-24. Retrieved 2007-03-19.
  6. ^ Catholic Hierarchy
  7. ^ Polyaenus, Strategems, 2.6.1

External links

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