Phoenicus (Ionia)

Phoenicus or Phoinikous (Ancient Greek: Φοινικοῦς) was a port of ancient Ionia, at the foot of Mount Mimas (modern Boz Dağ; on the Karaburun Peninsula).[1][2] Thucydides writes that during the Peloponnesian War after the Battle of Arginusae, the Athenian fleet took refuge in the harbour due to a big storm.[3] Livy notices it in his account of the naval operations of the Romans and their allies against Antiochus III the Great.[4][5]

References
  1. Thucydides. History of the Peloponnesian War. Vol. 8.34.
  2. Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
  3. Thucydides, Peloponnesian War, §8.34
  4. Livy. Ab urbe condita Libri [History of Rome]. Vol. 36.45.
  5. Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. Vol. s.v.

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Phoenicus". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.


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