. Dictionary of Greek and Roman geography . § 4.)Myrina was a very strong place (Liv. xxxiii. 30),though not very large, and had a good harbour.(Scylax, p. 36; Agath. Praef. p. 9, ed. Bonn.) Pliny(v. 32) mentions that it bore the surname ofSebastopolis; while, according to Syncellus, it wasalso called Smyrna. For some time Myrina wasoccupied by Philip of Macedonia; but the Romanscompelled him to evacuate it, and declared the placefree. (Liv. I. c ; Polyb. xvhi. 27.) It was twicevisited by severe earthquakes; first in the reign ofTiberius (Tac. Ann. ii. 47), on which occasion itreceived a remis
. Dictionary of Greek and Roman geography . § 4.)Myrina was a very strong place (Liv. xxxiii. 30),though not very large, and had a good harbour.(Scylax, p. 36; Agath. Praef. p. 9, ed. Bonn.) Pliny(v. 32) mentions that it bore the surname ofSebastopolis; while, according to Syncellus, it wasalso called Smyrna. For some time Myrina wasoccupied by Philip of Macedonia; but the Romanscompelled him to evacuate it, and declared the placefree. (Liv. I. c ; Polyb. xvhi. 27.) It was twicevisited by severe earthquakes; first in the reign ofTiberius (Tac. Ann. ii. 47), on which occasion itreceived a remission of duties on account of the lossit had sustained ; and a second time in the reign ofTrajan (Oros. vii. 12). The town was restored eachtime, and continued to exist until a late period.(Steph. Byz. s. v.; Ptol. v. 2. § 6; Apollon. Rhod. ; Hieroel. p. 661; Geogr. Rav. v. 9, where it is MYSIA. called Myrenna, while in the P( ut. Tab. it bears t!\aname Maiiuua.) Its site is believed to he occupiedby the modern Sandurlik. [I,. S. J. COIN OF MYRIXA. MYRINA. [Lemnos.] MYRIXA. [Mycexae, No. 1.] MYRLEA. [Apamkia. No. 4.] MYRMECIUM (Mvp/ir/xiou, Strab. xi. p. 49 1 ;Pomp. Mela, ii. I. § 3 ; Plin. iv. 26 ; Anon. 4 ; Steph. B.; Jornand. Get. 5), a Milesian colonyon the Cimmerian Bosporus, 20 stadia N. of Pan-tic apaeum. (Strab. vii. p. 310.) Near the townwas a promontory of the same name. (Ptol. iii. 6.§ 4; Leo Diac. ix. 6.) It is the modern Yenikaleor ./< uikide, where many ancient, remains have beenfound. (Clarke, Trwe. vol. ii. pp. 98, 102 : Duboisde Moutpereux, Voyage au Cauease, vol. v. ) [E. 15. J.] MYRMEX (Mvpuvl Ptol. iv. 4. § 15), auisland off the coast of Cyrenaica, which is identifiedwith the Ausigda (A&reySa) of Hecataeus {), where the charts show an islet, betweenPtolemais and Ihveus. [E. B. J.] MYRMIDONES. [Aegina.] MYRRHlNUS. [Attica, p. 332, No. 95.] MYRSIXUS. [Mtrtuktidm.] MYRTILIS, surnamed Julia (IouAia MupTiAi9,Ptol. ii. 5. § 5), a
Size: 2273px × 1100px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., boo, bookcentury1800, bookdecade1870, booksubjectgeographyancient
