Holmi Explained

Holmi or Holmoi (Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: Ὅλμοι), or Holmia, also possibly called Hermia, was a Greek[1] town of Cilicia Tracheia with a harbor, a little to the south-west of Seleucia ad Calycadnum. When Seleucia ad Calycadnum was founded, the inhabitants of Holmi migrated there.[2] [3]

Its site is located near Taşucu in Asiatic Turkey.

References

36.3202°N 33.881°W

Notes and References

  1. https://topostext.org/work/102#102 Pseudo Scylax, Periplous, §102
  2. https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0099.tlg001.perseus-grc1:14.5.4 Strabo, Geography, §14.5.4
  3. https://topostext.org/work/241#O490.5 Stephanus of Byzantium, Ethnica, §O490.5