Myus (Cilicia)

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Myus or Myous (Ancient Greek: Μυούς) was a town on the coast of ancient Cilicia, between Nagidus and Celenderis.[1] William Smith conjectured it to be the same place as the Myanda or Mysanda mentioned by Pliny the Elder;[2] and if so, also identical with the town of Mandane (Μα��δάνη) mentioned in Stadiasmus Maris Magni as between Celenderis and Cape Pisidium or Posidium (modern ),[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[]

  1. ^ Periplus of Pseudo-Scylax
  2. ^ Pliny. Naturalis Historia. 5.27.
  3. ^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
  4. ^ Stadiasmus Maris Magni §§ 174, 175.
  5. ^ Public Domain Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Mandane". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 66, and directory notes accompanying.
  7. ^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.

 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.

Coordinates: 36°08′09″N 33°17′31″E / 36.135916°N 33.292029°E / 36.135916; 33.292029


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