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MALLOS (Ancient city) TURKEY
Mallus (Mallos: Eth. Mallotes), an ancient city of Cilicia, which,
according to tradition, was founded in the Trojan times by the soothsayers Mopsus
and Amphilochus. (Strab. xiv. p. 67 5, &c.; Arrian, Anab. ii. 5.) It was situated
near the mouth of the river Pyramus, on an eminence opposite to Megarsus, as we
must infer from Curtius (iii. 7), who states that Alexander entered the town after
throwing a bridge across the Pyramus. Mallus therefore stood on the eastern bank
of the river. According to Scylax (p. 40) it was necessary to sail up the river
a short distance in order to reach Mallus; and Mela (i. 13) also states that the
town is situated close upon the river; whence Ptolemy (v. 8. § 4) must be mistaken
in placing it more than two miles away from the river. Mallus was a town of considerable
importance, though it does not appear to have possessed any particular attractions.
Its port-town was Magarsa, though in later times it seems to have had a port of
its own, called Portus Palorum (Geogr. Nub. p.195; Sanut. Secret. Fid. ii. 4,
26, whence we learn that in the middle ages it continued to be called Malo; comp.
Callim. Fragm. 15; Appian, Mithrid. 96; Dionys. Per. 875; Ptol. viii. 17. § 44;
Plin. H. N. v. 22; Stadiasm. Mar. M. §§ 151, 152; Leake, Asia Minor, pp. 216,
&c.)
This text is from: Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854) (ed. William Smith, LLD). Cited August 2004 from The Perseus Project URL below, which contains interesting hyperlinks
(Mallos). A very ancient city of Cilicia, on a hill east of the mouth of the river Pyramus, said to have been founded at the time of the Trojan War by Mopsus and Amphilochus.
Total results on 18/5/2001: 9 for Mallos, 12 for Mallus.
The probable site, discovered in 1950 at the junction of the old and
new beds of the river Ceyhan (Pyramos), is 29 km SW of Mopsuestia near modern
Kiziltahta. A city coin type of two river gods swimming in opposite directions
was a useful clue to identification; for while the Ceyhan now flows E into the
Gulf of Issos, the city's port of Magarsos is almost certainly the walled settlement
near Karatas, at the mouth of the river's original (though now dry) W course.
Near Kiziltahta were found a Roman bridge, an inscription referring to the city
of Mallos, and very numerous carved blocks in secondary use.
Mallos' claim to Amphilochos, son of Amphiaraos, as founder was partly
substantiated by long and vigorous tradition and partly by Alexander's remission
of tribute after his conquest of Cilicia in recognition of the city's Argive origin.
For its fidelity to the Seleucid cause, Mallos became Antioch on the Pyramos under
Antiochos IV, but dropped the title in the 2d c. B.C. to enjoy a limited autonomy.
In 67 B.C. it was among the cities settled by Pompey with ex-pirates, and under
the empire piled up honorific titles to keep up with its rivals. It even engaged
in a ridiculous boundary dispute with Tarsus, metropolis of Cilicia Prima. It
duly became a bishopric, but disappeared from history after the Arab conquest.
M. Gough, ed.
This text is from: The Princeton encyclopedia of classical sites,
Princeton University Press 1976. Cited Nov 2002 from
Perseus Project URL below, which contains bibliography & interesting hyperlinks.
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