Lysias was a city and

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in the

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of Phrygia Salutaris I and is now a

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.''Annuario Pontificio 2013'' (Libreria Editrice Vaticana 2013 ), p. 918

History

The city of Lysias is mentioned by

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, 576, Pliny, V, 29,

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 ...

, V, 2, 23, Hierocles, and the ''

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''.Sophrone Pétridès, "Lysias" in ''Catholic Encyclopedia'' (New York 1910)
/ref> It was probably founded by

Antiochus III the Great Antiochus III the Great (; grc-gre, Ἀντίoχoς Μέγας ; c. 2413 July 187 BC) was a Greek Hellenistic king and the 6th ruler of the Seleucid Empire, reigning from 222 to 187 BC. He ruled over the region of Syria and large parts of the re ...

about 200 BC. Some of its coins are still extant.Phrygia
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Lequien Michel Le Quien (8 October 1661, Boulogne-sur-Mer – 12 March 1733, Paris) was a French historian and theologian. He studied at Plessis College, Paris, and at twenty entered the Dominican convent in Faubourg Saint-Germain, where he made his pro ...

(''Oriens christianus'', I, 845) names three bishops of Lysias, suffragans of Synnada: *Theagenes, present at the Council of Sardica, 344 *Philip, at Chalcedon 451 *Constantine, at Constantinople, 879

Location

Ruins of Lysias exist between the villages of Oinan and Aresli in the plain of Oinan, a little northeast of

Lake Eğirdir Eğirdir ( tr, Eğirdir Gölü, formerly ''Eğridir'') is a lake in the Lakes Region of Turkey. The town of Eğirdir lies near its southern end, 107 kilometers (67 mi) north of Antalya. With an area of it is the fourth largest lake in Turke ...

References

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