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Nysa (deserted settlement) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 37 53 23 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 37.8890 decimal degrees |
| Long: 028 09 27 E degrees minutes |
Long: 28.1570 decimal degrees |
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Note: Ancient city of Caria or Lydia, on the Maeander river. The name "Nysa" was mentioned in Homer's Iliad (Chapter 6.132-133); the historian Strabo (64 BCE-ca. 23 CE) was educated here; according to Strabo, founded by Antiochos I Soter, who named the city after his wife Nysa. |
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| Nysa (preferred,C,V,S)
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| Νῦσα (C,V,Ancient Greek,U)
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| Athymbra (C,V)
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| Ἄθυμβρα (C,V,Ancient Greek,U)
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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Aydın (province) (P) |
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Nysa (deserted settlement) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| deserted settlement (preferred, C) |
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| archaeological site (C) |
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| inhabited place (H) |
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founded by Antiochos I Soter |
| Ancient Greek (H) |
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Related geographic places: |
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Sultanhisar .......... (inhabited place) |
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(World, Asia, Turkey, Aydın) [7594301] |
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