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ARPAGION (Ancient city) MYSIA
Harpageia (ta Harpageia), a district between Priapus and Cyzicus,
about the mouth of the river Granicus in Mysia, whence Ganymede is said to have
been carried off. (Strab. xiii. p. 587.) Thucydides (viii. 107) also mentions
a town Harpagion, which is otherwise unknown. (Comp. Steph. B. s. v. Harpagia.)
(ta Harpageia), or Harpagium (Harpagion). A small town in Mysia, between Cyzicus and Priapus, the scene of the rape of Ganymedes, according to some legends.
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