Nymphaeum or Nymphaion ( grc, Νύμφαιον or Νυμφαῖον) was a town on the eastern coast of

ancient Bithynia Bithynia (; Koine Greek: , ''Bithynía'') was an ancient region, kingdom and Roman province in the northwest of Asia Minor (present-day Turkey), adjoining the Sea of Marmara, the Bosporus, and the Black Sea. It bordered Mysia to the southwest, Pa ...

located on the

Black Sea The Black Sea is a marginal mediterranean sea of the Atlantic Ocean lying between Europe and Asia, east of the Balkans, south of the East European Plain, west of the Caucasus, and north of Anatolia. It is bounded by Bulgaria, Georgia, Roma ...

, at a distance of 30

stadia Stadia may refer to: * One of the plurals of stadium, along with "stadiums" * The plural of stadion, an ancient Greek unit of distance, which equals to 600 Greek feet (''podes''). * Stadia (Caria), a town of ancient Caria, now in Turkey * Stadi ...

west of the mouth of the

Oxines Oxinas or Oxines ( grc, Ὀξίνης) was a town on the eastern coast of ancient Bithynia located on the Black Sea The Black Sea is a marginal mediterranean sea of the Atlantic Ocean lying between Europe and Asia, east of the Balkans, s ...

, or 45 stadia from Tyndaridae.Anon. ''Periplus P. E.'', p. 4. Its site is unlocated.

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