Pergamus or Pergamos (Ancient Greek: Πέργαμος), or Pergamia[1] or Pergamea,[2] was a town of ancient Crete, to which a mythical origin was ascribed. According to Virgil, it was founded by Aeneas (see Pergamea),[2] according to Velleius Paterculus by Agamemnon,[3] and according to Servius by the Trojan prisoners belonging to the fleet of Agamemnon.[4] Lycurgus, the Spartan legislator, was said to have died at this place, and his tomb was shown there in the time of Aristoxenus.[5] It is said by Servius to have been near Cydonia,[4] and is mentioned by Pliny the Elder in connection with Cydonia.[6] The Periplus of Pseudo-Scylax says that the Dictynnaeum stood in the territory of Pergamus.
The site of Pergamus is tentatively located near modern Ag. Eirini, Grimbiliana.[1][7]
References
edit- ^ a b Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 60, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.
- ^ a b Virgil. Aeneid. Vol. 3.133.
- ^ Velleius Paterculus, Historiae, 1.1
- ^ a b Servius, In Vergilii Aeneidem commentarii 3.133.
- ^ Plutarch, Lyc. 32.
- ^ Pliny. Naturalis Historia. Vol. 4.12.20.
- ^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Pergamus". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
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