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ASTAKOS (Ancient city) TURKEY
AThracian, founds Astacus.
Astacus (Astakos), a son of Poseidon and the nymph Olbia, from whom the town of Astacus in Bithynia, which was afterwards called Nicomedeia, derived its name. (Arrian. ap. Steph. Byz. s. v.; Paus. v. 12.5; Strab. xii.)
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