Γάγγρα
Gangra
Translated by Anne Mahoney27 Mar 1999Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
A city [of that name].
Greek original · Adler’s text
Γάγγρα· πόλις.
Betacode
*ga/ggra: po/lis.
Notes
- In Paphlagonia (present-day northern Turkey); in Roman times Germanicopolis; Barrington Altas map 86 grid D3. See e.g. Strabo 12.3.41; cf. Stephanus of Byzantium s.v., citing Alexander Polyhistor (fr. 42 Müller), although Steph. also attests to a city of the same name in Arabia (192.24).