Gergitha

Gergitha (Ancient Greek: Γέργιθα) or Gergetha (Ancient Greek: Γέργεθα), also known as Gergina (Ancient Greek: Γέργινα)[1] and Gergithus, Gergithium or Gergithion, was a town in ancient Lydia, near Stratonicea, at the sources of the Caicus River,[2] said to have been peopled by the inhabitants of Gergis in the Troad by King Attalus of Pergamus.[3]

Cephalon (Ancient Greek: Κεφάλων) of Gergitha, was an ancient writer.[4]

Its site is tentatively located near Yirca, Asiatic Turkey.[5][6]

References
  1. Athenaeus, Deipnosophists, 6.256
  2. Strabo. Geographica. 13.1.70. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
  3.  Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Gergis". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
  4. Parthenius, Love Romances, 4
  5. Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 56, and directory notes accompanying.
  6. 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). "Gergis". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.


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