Gergitha Explained

Gergitha (Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: Γέργιθα) or Gergetha (Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: Γέργεθα), also known as Gergina (Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: Γέργινα)[1] and Gergithus, Gergithium or Gergithion, was a town in ancient Lydia, near Stratonicea, at the sources of the Caicus River, said to have been peopled by the inhabitants of Gergis in the Troad by King Attalus of Pergamus.[2]

Cephalon (Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: Κεφάλων) of Gergitha, was an ancient writer.[3]

Its site is tentatively located near Yirca, Asiatic Turkey.

References

39.1936°N 27.671°W

Notes and References

  1. http://remacle.org/bloodwolf/erudits/athenee/livre6gr.htm#256a Athenaeus, Deipnosophists, 6.256
  2. Gergis.
  3. https://el.wikisource.org/wiki/Περί_ερωτικών_παθημάτων#p4 Parthenius, Love Romances, 4