Daphnus (Bithynia)
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Town of ancient Bithynia
Daphnus or Daphnous (Ancient Greek: Δαφνοῦς) was a town of ancient Bithynia, situated upon an island in a lake called Daphnusis near the Mysian Olympus.[1] The lake Daphnusis is identified as that called Miletopolitis by other authors.[2]
Its site is located in Asiatic Turkey.[3][2]
References[edit]
- ^ Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. Vol. s.v. Δαφνοῦς.
- ^ a b Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
- ^ Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 52, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.
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