Halisarna ( grc, Ἁλίσαρνα) was a town of
ancient Mysia
Mysia (UK , US or ; el, Μυσία; lat, Mysia; tr, Misya) was a region in the northwest of ancient Asia Minor (Anatolia, Asian part of modern Turkey). It was located on the south coast of the Sea of Marmara. It was bounded by Bithynia on th ...
on the north bank of the river
Caïcus. The nearby towns of Halisarna,
Pergamum
Pergamon or Pergamum ( or ; grc-gre, Πέργαμον), also referred to by its modern Greek form Pergamos (), was a rich and powerful ancient Greek city in Mysia. It is located from the modern coastline of the Aegean Sea on a promontory on th ...
, and
Teuthrania
Teuthrania ( grc, Τευθρανία) was a town in the western part of ancient Mysia, and the name of its district about the river Caicus, which was believed to be derived from a legendary Mysian king Teuthras. This king is said to have adopt ...
had been given by the Persian king
Darius I to the Spartan king
Demaratus
Demaratus ( el, Δημάρατος ; Doric: ) was a king of Sparta from around 515 BC to 491 BC. The 15th of the Eurypontid line, he was the first son born to his father, King Ariston.
As king, Demaratus is known chiefly for his opposition t ...
about the year 486 BCE for his help in the expedition against Greece. Demaratus's descendants continued to rule these cities at the beginning of the 4th century BCE.
During the withdrawal of Pergamum from
The March of the Ten Thousand, it was attacked by, among others, troops from Halisarna and Teuthrania under command of
Procles, son of Demaratus. In the ''
Hellenica'',
Xenophon
Xenophon of Athens (; grc, Ξενοφῶν ; – probably 355 or 354 BC) was a Greek military leader, philosopher, and historian, born in Athens. At the age of 30, Xenophon was elected commander of one of the biggest Greek mercenary armies o ...
relates that Halisarna, together with Pergamum, Teuthrania,
Gambrium
Gambrium or Gambrion ( grc, Γάμβριον and Γάμβρειον), also Gambreium or Gambreion (Γάμβρειον), was a town of ancient Aeolis and of ancient Mysia, Mysia, quite close to Pergamum. Its location is near Kınık and Bergama in � ...
,
Palaegambrium Palaegambrium or Palaigambrion ( grc, Παλαιγάμβριον, 'Old Gambrium') was a town of ancient Aeolis, close to Pergamum. Palaegambrium is first mentioned in the ''Hellenica (Xenophon), Hellenica'' of Xenophon which gives knowledge about th ...
,
Myrina and
Gryneium were delivered by their rulers to the army that, under the command of the Spartan
Thimbron, around the year 399 BCE, had come to the area to try to liberate the Greek colonies from the Persian domain.
[
Its site is located near modern Eğrigöltepe, in Asiatic Turkey.]
References
Populated places in ancient Mysia
Populated places in ancient Aeolis
Former populated places in Turkey
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