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Greek & Roman Geography (ed. William Smith)

Harpageia

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.)

Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854) (ed. William Smith, LLD)

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Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities

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.

Perseus: Harry Thurston Peck, Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898)

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