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Ἀπολλωνιὰς λίμνη · Lake Apollonias (α 3416) · Suda

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Α Β Γ Δ Ε Ζ Η Θ Ι Κ Λ Μ Ν Ξ Ο Π Ρ Σ Τ Υ Φ Χ Ψ Ω

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α3412having destroyed
α3413having perished
α3414Apollonian deeds, Apollonian products
α3415Apollonias, Apollonis
α3416Lake Apollonias
α3417Apolloniate, citizen of Apollonia
α3418Apollônion
α3419Apollonios, Apollonius
α3420Apollonios, Apollonius

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Ἀπολλωνιὰς λίμνη

Lake Apollonias

Translated by William Hutton24 Jan 2002Vetting: high8 revisions

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4 notes · 54 words

Translation

Attalos, the king of Asia,¹ waged war against Nikomedes the One-toothed² and gained control of his territory. But Nikomedes called on the Romans and regained his kingdom. Attalos laid to rest his deceased mother Apollonias³ alongside the greatest shrine in Pergamon↗, which he himself had built, and he named the neighboring lake after her.⁴

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἀπολλωνιὰς λίμνη· ὅτι Ἄτταλος, ὁ τῆς Ἀσίας βασιλεὺς, Νικομήδει τῷ Μονόδοντι πολεμήσας ἐκράτησε τῆς αὐτοῦ χώρας. ἀλλ' ὁ μὲν Ῥωμαίους ἐπικαλεσάμενος ἀνέλαβε τὴν ἀρχήν. Ἄτταλος δὲ τὴν ἑαυτοῦ μητέρα Ἀπολλωνιάδα μεταλλάξασαν κατὰ τὸ μέγιστον ἱερὸν Περγάμου κατέθετο, ὅπερ αὐτὸς ἐδείματο, τήν τε γείτονα λίμνην αὐτῇ προσωνόμασεν.

Betacode

*)apollwnia\s li/mnh: o(/ti *)/attalos, o( th=s *)asi/as basileu\s, *nikomh/dei tw=| *mono/donti polemh/sas e)kra/thse th=s au)tou= xw/ras. a)ll' o( me\n *(rwmai/ous e)pikalesa/menos a)ne/labe th\n a)rxh/n. *)/attalos de\ th\n e(autou= mhte/ra *)apollwnia/da metalla/casan kata\ to\ me/giston i(ero\n *perga/mou kate/qeto, o(/per au)to\s e)dei/mato, th/n te gei/tona li/mnhn au)th=| proswno/masen.

Notes (4)

Adler attributed this material to John of Antioch (Neos Hellenomnemon 1.13.2-7), noting also the suggestion of Johann Schweighaeuser (1742-1830) that its ultimate source is Polybius. See now John fr.145.1 Roberto (220-221).
1Attalos II Philadelphos of Pergamon (220-138 BCE; reigned from 159). ↩
2Nikomedes II of Bithynia (reigned 149-c.127 BCE). ↩
3alpha 3415. ↩
4Lake Apolloniatis (present-day Lake Uluabat, Bursa Province, Turkey), Barrington Atlas map 52 grid D4, is actually 180 km to the northeast of Pergamon (Barrington Atlas map 56 grid E3; cf. pi 1036).

References

U. Roberto, ed., Ioannis Antiocheni Fragmenta ex Historia chronica, (Berlin 2005)

Neighbouring entries

α3414Ἀπολλώνεια ἔργαApollonian deeds, Apollonian products α3415ἈπολλωνιάςApollonias, Apollonis α3416Ἀπολλωνιὰς λίμνηLake Apollonias α3417ἈπολλωνιάτηςApolloniate, citizen of Apollonia α3418ἈπολλώνιονApollônion

Revision history8 revisions · last 7 Sep 2026

7 Sep 2026added bibliography primary note — Ronald Allen
7 Sep 2026added note after discussion with Catharine Roth — Ronald Allen
28 Aug 2015coding; augmented notes — David Whitehead
29 Jan 2015expanded primary note — David Whitehead
3 Apr 2012expanded primary note; cosmetics — David Whitehead
21 Aug 2002added note; cosmetics — David Whitehead
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24 Jan 2002Translated — William Hutton

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἀπολλωνιὰς λίμνη (Adler number alpha 3416), trans. William Hutton, 24 Jan 2002. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/alpha/3416

Translation by William Hutton for Suda On Line, revised by Ronald Allen, David Whitehead, , licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Original on SOL ↗