Miletouteichos ( grc, Μιλητουτεῖχος) was a Greek town located near the coast of the
Propontis
The Sea of Marmara,; grc, Προποντίς, Προποντίδα, Propontís, Propontída also known as the Marmara Sea, is an inland sea located entirely within the borders of Turkey. It connects the Black Sea to the Aegean Sea via the ...
in
ancient Mysia. It is mentioned in the ''
Hellenica Oxyrhynchia'': in the year 395 BCE, the troops of
Agesilaus II, king of
Sparta, departing from
Cius, attacked Miletouteichos, but they could not take it and they retired, marching next by the
Rhyndacus river to
Dascylium
Dascylium, Dascyleium, or Daskyleion ( grc, Δασκύλιον, Δασκυλεῖον), also known as Dascylus, was a town in Anatolia some inland from the coast of the Propontis, at modern Ergili, Turkey. Its site was rediscovered in 1952 and ...
.
Scholars have debated the name. The toponym also appears in an inscription where a
theorodokos The ''theorodokoi'' (Greek: , ) in ancient Greece were sacred envoy-receivers whose duty was to host and assist the ''theoroi'' (θεωροί, "viewers") before the Panhellenic games and festivals...
A ''theorodokos'' was sometimes appointed by th ...
is mentioned in Miletouteichos around 330 BCE. It may be that the place-name appears in an Athenian decree of the year 410/09 BCE. Some scholars have identified Miletouteichos with
Miletopolis, but others contend that they are two different cities. Another possibility that has been suggested is to identify it with the city of
Apollonia ad Rhyndacum
Apollonia or Apollonia-on-the-Rhyndacus ( grc, Ἀπολλωνία ἐπὶ Ῥυνδακῷ, ''Apollōnía épì Ryndakō''; la, Apollonia ad Rhyndacum) was an ancient town opposite the delta of the Rhyndacus river in northwestern Anatolia and ...
.
It has been suggested as possible site of Miletouteichos is northwest of
Lake Apolloniatis, in the current
Uluabat
Ulubad or Uluabat, in the Byzantine period Lopadion ( grc, Λοπάδιον), Latinized as Lopadium, is a settlement near the town of Karacabey in the Bursa Province of northwestern Turkey. It was sited on the ancient Miletouteichos.
History ...
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Asiatic Turkey.
References
Populated places in ancient Mysia
Former populated places in Turkey
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