Placia Explained

Placia or Plakia or Placie or Plakie (Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: Πλακίη), also known as Placa or Plaka or Place or Plake (Πλάκη), was a town of ancient Mysia, on the coast of the Propontis, at the foot of the Mysian Olympus east of Cyzicus. It was a Pelasgian town; in this place and the neighbouring Scylace, the Pelasgians, according to Herodotus, had preserved their ancient language down to his time. The town is mentioned in the Periplus of Pseudo-Scylax, and by Pomponius Mela, Dionysius of Halicarnassus[1] and Pliny the Elder.

Its site is tentatively located near Kurşunlu, in Bursa Province, Turkey.

References

40.3976°N 28.2774°W

Notes and References

  1. https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0081.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.29.3 Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Roman Antiquities, § 1.29.3