Tereia
Tereia or Teria (
Asia Minor
.
It was part of the
Its exact location is unknown but due to epigraphic evidence it has been inferred that it should be located east of
Myrlea. However, Strabo mentions a Tereia located in the plain of Adrasteia, as well as the city of Pityusa (the later Lampsacus), west of Cyzicus, so it could be two different places with the same name. Perhaps it is related to the Mount Tereia mentioned by Homer in the Trojan Battle Order in the Iliad,[4] about which Strabo points out that some believed that it was located on a hill located at forty stadia from Lampsacus where there was a sanctuary to the Mother of the Gods which was called "Tereia's sanctuary".[3][5][6]
References
- ^ IG I³ 71,IV 1-2.
- ^ IG I³ 77,IV 1-2.
- ^ ISBN 0-19-814099-1.
- ^ Homer. Iliad. Vol. 2.829.
- ^ Strabo. Geographica. Vol. 12.4.6. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
- ^ Strabo. Geographica. Vol. 13.1.17. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
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