Artace (Mysia)
ArtaceorArtake(Ancient Greek:Ἀρτάκη) was a town ofancient Mysia,nearCyzicus.[1]It was aMilesiancolony.[2]It was a seaport, and on the same peninsula on which Cyzicus stood, and about 40stadiafrom it. in Greek mythology, Artace is mentioned as the place where theargonautschanged the stone anchor of theArgofor a larger one.[3]Artace was burnt, together withProconnesus,during theIonian Revolt,in the reign ofDarius I.[4]Probably it was not rebuilt for quite some time, forStraboin the 1st century does not mention it among the Mysian towns: but he speaks of a wooded mountain of the name, with an island of the same name near to it,[5]the same whichPliny the EldercallsArtacaeum.[6]Timosthenes,quoted byStephanus of Byzantium,[7]also gives the name Artace or Artake to a mountain, and to a small island, one stadium from the land. In the time ofProcopius(6th century), Artace had been rebuilt, and was a suburb of Cyzicus.[8]
It was a member of theDelian Leaguesince it appears in tribute records ofAthensbetween 454/3 and 418/7 BCE.[9]
Its site is located nearErdek,Asiatic Turkey.[10][11]
References
[edit]- ^Herodotus.Histories.Vol. 4.14.
- ^Strabo.Geographica.Vol. pp. 582, 635.Page numbers refer to those ofIsaac Casaubon's edition.
- ^Apollonius of Rhodes,Argonautica1.955.
- ^Herodotus.Histories.Vol. 6.33.
- ^Strabo.Geographica.Vol. p. 576.Page numbers refer to those ofIsaac Casaubon's edition.
- ^Pliny.Naturalis Historia.Vol. 5.32.
- ^Stephanus of Byzantium.Ethnica.Vol.s. v.Ἀρτάκη.
- ^Procopius,Bell. Pers.1.25.
- ^Mogens Herman Hansen & Thomas Heine Nielsen (2004).An inventory of archaic and classical poleis.New York:Oxford University Press.p. 977.ISBN0-19-814099-1.
- ^Richard Talbert,ed. (2000).Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World.Princeton University Press. p. 52, and directory notes accompanying.ISBN978-0-691-03169-9.
- ^Lund University.Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in thepublic domain:Smith, William,ed. (1854–1857). "Artace".Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography.London: John Murray.
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