Tripolis ( grc, Τρίπολις), formerly Ischopolis (Ἰσχόπολις), was an ancient fortress city in
Pontus Polemoniacus
Pontus or Pontos may refer to:
* Short Latin name for the Pontus Euxinus, the Greek name for the Black Sea (aka the Euxine sea)
* Pontus (mythology), a sea god in Greek mythology
* Pontus (region), on the southern coast of the Black Sea, in modern ...
(aka the
Pontus region), on a river of the same name, and with a tolerably good harbour; it is now the site and namesake of the city of
Tirebolu
Tirebolu (from the Greek word《Τρίπολις》meaning "three cities", named as such by its ancient Greek founders), is a town and district of Giresun Province, Turkey.
Geography
Tirebolu is a small town of 14,303 people located on a hill nam ...
in
Giresun Province,
Black Sea Region
The Black Sea Region ( tr, Karadeniz Bölgesi) is a geographical region of Turkey. The largest city in the region is Samsun. Other big cities are Trabzon, Ordu, Tokat, Giresun, Rize, Amasya and Sinop.
It is bordered by the Marmara Region to the ...
,
Turkey
Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with ...
. It belonged to the
Mossynoeci
Mossynoeci (Georgian: მოსინიკები, grc, Μοσσύνοικοι, , modern Greek ', "dwellers in wooden towers") is a name that the Greeks of the Euxine Sea (Black Sea) applied to the peoples of Pontus, the northern Anatolian co ...
and was situated at a distance of 18
km east from
Cape Zephyrium
A cape is a clothing accessory or a sleeveless outer garment which drapes the wearer's back, arms, and chest, and connects at the neck.
History
Capes were common in medieval Europe, especially when combined with a hood in the chaperon. Th ...
. The place is situated on a rocky headland.
[Hamilton, ''Researches'', i. p. 257.]
References
External links
Hazlitt, Classical Gazetteer, "Tripolis"
Geography of ancient Anatolia
Populated places in ancient Pontus
Former populated places in Turkey
History of Giresun Province
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