Magarsa ( grc, Μάγαρσα), or Magarsus or Magarsos (Μάγαρσος), or Megarsus or Megarsos (Μέγαρσος), was a town in the eastern part of
ancient Cilicia
Cilicia (); el, Κιλικία, ''Kilikía''; Middle Persian: ''klkyʾy'' (''Klikiyā''); Parthian: ''kylkyʾ'' (''Kilikiyā''); tr, Kilikya). is a geographical region in southern Anatolia in Turkey, extending inland from the northeastern coas ...
, situated on a height close to the mouth of the river
Pyramus.
Alexander the Great, previous to the
Battle of Issus, marched from
Soli to Megarsus, and there offered sacrifices to
Athena Megarsis, and to
Amphilochus, the son of
Amphiaraus, the reputed founder of the place. It seems to have formed the port of
Mallus
Mallus may refer to:
*Mallus (Cilicia), an ancient city in Cilicia, Anatolia
* Mallus (Pisidia), an ancient city in Pisidia, Anatolia
* Mallus (''Legends of Tomorrow''), a mysterious entity in the American superhero television series
* Marco Mallu ...
.
[Lycoph. 439; ] It was later re-founded and renamed in
Hellenistic
In Classical antiquity, the Hellenistic period covers the time in Mediterranean history after Classical Greece, between the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC and the emergence of the Roman Empire, as signified by the Battle of Actium in ...
times as
Antiochia ad Pyramum
Antiochia ad Pyramum ( grc-gre, Ἀντιόχεια πρὸς τὸν Πύραμον) was an ancient coastal city of Cilicia, on the Pyramus (also Pyramos, now the Ceyhan Nehri) river, in Anatolia. It was the successor settlement to Magarsa. The ...
(Antioch on the Pyramus).
[
Its site is located near Dörtdirek, Karataş, in Asiatic Turkey.]
References
Populated places in ancient Cilicia
Former populated places in Turkey
History of Adana Province
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