Corycus (Pamphylia)

Corycus (Ancient Greek: Κώρυκος, romanizedKorykos) was a Greek town in ancient Pamphylia, near Attaleia.[1] Strabo mention that Attalus II Philadelphus, who had also founded the city of Attaleia, sent a colony to Corycus and surrounded it with a greater circuit-wall.[2]

The location of the town has not been determined with certainty.

  1. ^ Strabo. Geographica. Vol. p. 667. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
  2. ^ Strabo, Geography, 14.4.1