Philocaleia or Philocalia or Philokaleia ( grc, Φιλοκάλεια) was a town on the coast of
Pontus Cappadocius, 90
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 ...
to the east of
Argyria
Argyria or argyrosis is a condition caused by excessive exposure to chemical compounds of the element silver, or to silver dust. The most dramatic symptom of argyria is that the skin turns blue or blue-grey. It may take the form of ''generalized ...
, and 100 to the west of
Coralla
Coralla or Koralla ( grc, τὰ Κόραλλα) was a town of ancient Pontus on a cape of the same name. It is placed by Arrian, and the anonymous author of the Periplus, 100 stadia east of Philocaleia, and Philocaleia is 110 stadia east of Tripo ...
.
Its site is located near modern
Görele
Görele is a town and a district of Giresun Province on the Black Sea coast of eastern Turkey. The population was 16,033 in 2010.
Geography
The district is mainly mountainous and watered by streams and rivers running into the Black Sea, the h ...
in
Asiatic Turkey.
References
Populated places in ancient Pontus
Former populated places in Turkey
History of Giresun Province
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