. The student's manual of ancient geography, based upon the Dictionary of Greek and Roman geography. eroic a^ije Iliumwas the seat of a smallsovereignty, which sur-vived the destruction ofits capital, 1184, andwas ultimately over-thrown by the growingpower of the a later period ]\Iysiaformed a part succes-sively of the Persian and Macedonian empires, and after the deathof Alexander fell to the lot of the Seleucidse. Gradually Pergamumbecame the seat of a pettv sovereignty under the management of Phile-tserus ( 283-263), Eumenes I. ( 263-241), and Attalus I.( 241-1
. The student's manual of ancient geography, based upon the Dictionary of Greek and Roman geography. eroic a^ije Iliumwas the seat of a smallsovereignty, which sur-vived the destruction ofits capital, 1184, andwas ultimately over-thrown by the growingpower of the a later period ]\Iysiaformed a part succes-sively of the Persian and Macedonian empires, and after the deathof Alexander fell to the lot of the Seleucidse. Gradually Pergamumbecame the seat of a pettv sovereignty under the management of Phile-tserus ( 283-263), Eumenes I. ( 263-241), and Attalus I.( 241-197 ), the latter of whom amassed enormous wealth, and esta-blished an alliance with Rome. At this period the possession of Mysia 5 Hence Apollo is named GrjTieus :—? His tibi Grynei nemoris dicatur origo.—Virg. EcJ. vi. nunc Italiam magnam Gryneus Apollo.—Id. ^En. iv. 345. 6 It was the birthplace of Briseis :— Fertur et abductaLyrnesside tristis Achilles.—Ov. Trist. iv. i. , Lyrnessi, tuos, abducta, doiores.—Id. Art. Am. ii. 77. ii. 690, ^En. xii. Coin of Lampsaciis. Chap. VII. ISLANDS. 101 was contested between tlie kings of Pergamum and Bithynia. Eumenes II.^ 197-159; continued the Koman alliance^ and received a large por-tion of Asia Minor for his teriitory in return for his services. He wassucceeded by Attalus II. ( 159-138), and he by Attalua III. (), who on his death bequeathed his kingdom to the Romans. St. Pauls Travels.—Mysia was visited by St. Paul in his secondjourney. Though it was really a portion of *^Asia in the Biblicalsense of the term, the ancient name of Mysia was retained as a terri-torial designation, as distinct, however, from that of the district ofTroas. He entered it on the side of Galatia, and, descending to thecoast, probably at Adramyttium, rea^ihed the towTi of Troas, and thenceset sail for Macedonia (Acts xvi. 7-11). In his third journey he returnedto this same spot from Philippi,
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