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KILIKIA (Ancient country) TURKEY
Traversed by the Halys, opposite Egypt, tribute to Persia, on the "royal road", Persian crossing from Cilicia to Cyprus, sailing thence of Datis' expedition, Cilicians in Xerxes' army, disparaged by Artemisia, by Mardonius, governed by Xenagoras, Typhon in, Corycian cave in, named after Cilix, Celenderis in.
ARIMA (Ancient country) KILIKIA
According to Strabo, Arima were mountains, so called after the people of Arimi, who lived, according to Callisthenes, near Calycadnus. Other writers suggest that the Arimi lived in Cilicia, in Syria, in Pithecoussae or in Mysia (Strab. 13,4,6).
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