Lycus or Lykos ( grc-gre, Λύκος; tr, Çürüksu) was the name of a river in ancient
Phrygia
In classical antiquity, Phrygia ( ; grc, Φρυγία, ''Phrygía'' ) was a kingdom in the west central part of Anatolia, in what is now Asian Turkey, centered on the Sangarios River. After its conquest, it became a region of the great empires ...
. It is tributary of the
Maeander and joins it a few kilometres south of
Tripolis. It had its sources in the eastern parts of
Mount Cadmus
Mount is often used as part of the name of specific mountains, e.g. Mount Everest.
Mount or Mounts may also refer to:
Places
* Mount, Cornwall, a village in Warleggan parish, England
* Mount, Perranzabuloe, a hamlet in Perranzabuloe parish, C ...
(
Strabo
Strabo''Strabo'' (meaning "squinty", as in strabismus) was a term employed by the Romans for anyone whose eyes were distorted or deformed. The father of Pompey was called "Pompeius Strabo". A native of Sicily so clear-sighted that he could see ...
xii. p. 578), not far from those of the Meander itself, and it flowed westerly towards
Colossae. Near there, it disappeared in a chasm of the earth. After a distance of five stadia, however, its waters reappeared. After flowing by
Laodicea ad Lycum
Laodicea on the Lycus ( el, Λαοδίκεια πρὸς τοῦ Λύκου ''Laodikia pros tou Lykou''; la, Laodicea ad Lycum, also transliterated as ''Laodiceia'' or ''Laodikeia'') (modern tr, Laodikeia) was an ancient city in Asia Minor, ...
, it discharged itself into the Maeander. (
Herod. vii. 30;
Plin. v. 29;
Ptol. v. 2. § 8; Hamilton, ''Researches'', vol. i. p. 508, &c., and ''Journal of the Royal Geogr. Soc.'' vii. p. 60.)
References
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Geography of Phrygia
History of Turkey
History of Denizli Province
Rivers of Turkey
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