Cordyle or Kordyle ( grc, Κορδύλη), also called Portus Chordyle, was a town of
ancient Pontus, on the
Black Sea
The Black Sea is a marginal mediterranean sea of the Atlantic Ocean lying between Europe and Asia, east of the Balkans, south of the East European Plain, west of the Caucasus, and north of Anatolia. It is bounded by Bulgaria, Georgia, Roma ...
coast, 40 or 45
stadia
Stadia may refer to:
* One of the plurals of stadium, along with "stadiums"
* The plural of stadion, an ancient Greek unit of distance, which equals to 600 Greek feet (''podes'').
* Stadia (Caria), a town of ancient Caria, now in Turkey
* Stadi ...
east of
Hieron Oros or Yoros. The name occurs in the ''
Tabula Peutingeriana'' in the form Cordile. There appears to be some confusion in
Ptolemy
Claudius Ptolemy (; grc-gre, Πτολεμαῖος, ; la, Claudius Ptolemaeus; AD) was a mathematician, astronomer, astrologer, geographer, and music theorist, who wrote about a dozen scientific treatises, three of which were of importanc ...
about this place.
Its site is located near
Akcakale in
Trabzon Province at
Turkey
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References
Populated places in ancient Pontus
Former populated places in Turkey
History of Trabzon Province
Ancient Greek archaeological sites in Turkey
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