Myrina (Aeolis)

Myrina
Μυρίνα (in Ancient Greek)
Ancient Myrina was located on the Beriki Tepe hill, on the left bank of the Pytikos River.
Myrina (Aeolis) is located in Turkey
Myrina (Aeolis)
Shown within Turkey
LocationAliağa, Izmir Province, Turkey
RegionMysia
Coordinates38°50′43″N 26°59′4″E / 38.84528°N 26.98444°E / 38.84528; 26.98444
TypeSettlement
History
Associated withAgathias

Myrina (Ancient Greek: Μυρίνα) was one of the Aeolian cities on the western coast of Mysia, about 40 stadia to the southwest of Gryneion.[1] The former bishopric is now a Latin Catholic titular see.

Its site is believed to be occupied by the modern Sandarlik at the mouth of the Koca Çay,[2] near the town of Aliağa in Izmir Province, in the Aegean Region of Turkey, near Kalavas(ar)i.

  1. ^ Herod. i. 149.
  2. ^ Richard Talbert, Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World, (ISBN 0-691-03169-X), Map 56 & notes.