Bargasa

For the town in northern Caria, see Bargasa (northern Caria).

Bargasa (Ancient Greek: Βάργασα) or Pargasa (Πάργασα) was a city of ancient Caria.[1] It was a polis (city-state) and a member of the Delian League.[2] There are also coins of Bargasa with the epigraph Βαργασηνῶν. It is mentioned by Strabo, who, after speaking of Cnidus, says, "then Ceramus and Bargasa, small places above the sea."[3]

Its site is located near Gökbel, in Milas district, Asiatic Turkey.[4][5]

References

  1. ^ Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. Vol. s.v. Βάργασα.
  2. ^ Mogens Herman Hansen & Thomas Heine Nielsen (2004). "Karia". An inventory of archaic and classical poleis. New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 1112–1113. ISBN 0-19-814099-1.
  3. ^ Strabo. Geographica. Vol. p. 656. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
  4. ^ Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 61, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.
  5. ^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Bargasa". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.

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