Daphnus (Bithynia)

Daphnus or Daphnous (Ancient Greek: Δαφνοῦς) was a town of ancient Bithynia, situated upon an island in a lake called Daphnusis near the Mysian Olympus.^[1] The lake Daphnusis is identified as that called Miletopolitis by other authors.^[2] The cult site, Apollon Daphnousios, which is near to the Akçapınar District of Nilüfer/Bursa may be related to this town. (The Katoikia of Daphnous and the Sanctuary of Apollon Daphnousios in the Territory of Apollonia ad Rhyndacum, Epigraphica Anatolia 21(1993):99-105). Another possible relationship can be established with the city of Daphnousiae, which is mentioned in the Notitiae Episcopatuum 3 and whose location is unknown.

Its site is located in Asiatic Turkey.^[3]^[2]

^ Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. Vol. s.v. Δαφνοῦς.
^ ^a ^b Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
^ Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 52, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.

[1] Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. Vol. s.v. Δαφνοῦς.

[DARE-2] Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.

[Barrington-3] Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 52, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.

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