Gergitha ( Ancient Greek: Γέργιθα) or Gergetha ( Ancient Greek: Γέργεθα), also known as Gergina ( Ancient Greek: Γέργινα) [1] and Gergithus, Gergithium or Gergithion, was a town in ancient Lydia, near Stratonicea, at the sources of the Caicus River, [2] said to have been peopled by the inhabitants of Gergis in the Troad by King Attalus of Pergamus. [3]
Cephalon ( Ancient Greek: Κεφάλων) of Gergitha, was an ancient writer. [4]
Its site is tentatively located near Yirca, Asiatic Turkey. [5] [6]
References
- ^ Athenaeus, Deipnosophists, 6.256
- ^ Strabo. Geographica. Vol. 13.1.70. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
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Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Gergis".
Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
- ^ Parthenius, Love Romances, 4
- ^ Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 56, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.
- ^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
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