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  Mysia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mysia was a region in the northwest of Asia Minor.
The chief physical features of Mysia are the two mountains—Mount Olympus at (7600 feet) in the north and Mount Temnus in the south, which for some distance separates Mysia from Lydia and is afterwards prolonged through Mysia to the neighbourhood of the Gulf of Adramyttium.
In the Iliad, Homer represents the Mysians as allies of Troy, with the Mysian forces led by Ennomus (a prophet) and Chromius, sons of Arsinous.
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 Encyclopedia: Mysia
Map of the Troas The Troas (Troad) is an ancient region in the northwestern part of Anatolia, bounded by the Hellespont to the northwest, the Aegean Sea to the west, and separated from the rest of Anatolia by the massif that forms Mount Ida....
Mysia is an ancient region In the north-west of Asia Minor.
Mysia is a region in the north-west of Asia Minor.
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 Encyclopedia topic: Mysia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Mysia was a region in the northwest of Asia Minor (A peninsula in southwestern Asia that forms the Asian part of Turkey).
It was located on the south coast of the Sea of Marmara (An inland sea in northwestern Turkey; linked to the Black Sea by the Bosporus and linked to the Aegean by the Dardanelles).
The Caïcus in the south rises in Temnus, and from thence flows westward to the Aegean Sea (An arm of the Mediterranean between Greece and Turkey; a main trade route for the ancient civilizations of Crete and Greece and Rome and Persia), passing within a few miles of Pergamon (additional info and facts about Pergamon).
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 Mysia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
But its precise limits are difficult to assign, the Phrygian frontier being vague and fluctuating, while in the north-west the Troad[?] was sometimes included in Mysia, sometimes not.
The chief physical features of Mysia (considered apart from that of the Troad) are the two mountain-chains, Olympus (7600 ft.) in the north and Temnus[?] in the south, which for some distance separates Mysia from Lydia, and is afterwards prolonged through Mysia to the neighbourhood of the Gulf of Adramyttium[?].
The only considerable rivers are the Macestus[?] and its tributary the Rhyndacus[?] in the nnrthern part of the province, both of which rise in Phrygia, and, after diverging widely through Mysia, unite their waters below the lake of Apollonia[?] about 15 m.
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 MYSIA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Generally speaking, the northern portion was known as Mysia Minor or Hellespontica and the southern as Major or Pergamene.
The chief physical features of Mysia are the two mountain-chains, Olympus in the north and Temnus in the south, which for some distance separates Mysia from Lydia and is afterwards prolonged through Mysia to the neighbourhood of the Gulf of Adramyttium.
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 MYSIA - LoveToKnow Article on MYSIA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
It was bounded by Lydia and Phrygia on the S., by Bithynia on the N.E., and by the Propontis and Aegean Sea on the N. and W. But its precise limits are difficult to assign, the Phrygian frontier being vague and fluctuating, while in the north-west the Troad was sometimes included in Mysia,- sometimes not.
Generally speaking, the northern portion was known as Mysia Minor or Hellespontica and the soutbe?n as Major or Pergamene.
The chief physical features of Mysia (considered apart from that of the Troad) are the two mountain-chains, Olympus (7600 ft.) in the north and Temnus in the south, which for some distance separates Mysia from Lydia, and is afterwards prolonged through Mysia to the neighborhood of the Gulf of Adramyttium.
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 MSN Encarta - Search Results - Mysia
Mysia, ancient district of Asia Minor (in what is now northwestern Turkey), bounded on the north by the Propontis, or Sea of Marmara, on the east by...
Olympus of Mysia, Mount: highest point in eastern Turkey
Pergamum, also known as Pergamon or Pergamos, ancient city of northwest Asia Minor, in Mysia (now Turkey), and later capital of the kingdom of...
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 Mysia - All About All findings   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Hercules with Hylas in Mysia Mysia was a region in the northwest of Asia Minor.
In Mysia, Hylas was kidnapped by a nymph.
On the west and southwest it was separated from Mysia by the river Rhyndacus; and on the south it adjoined Phrygia, Epictetus and Galatia.
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 Asia Minor Coins - Mysia
Mysia was ancient region in northwest Asia Minor, adjoining the Sea of Marmara on the north and the Aegean Sea on the west.
Mysia was bounded by the teritories of Lydia on the south and Phrygia and Bithynia on the east.
Mysia was ruled successively by Lydia, Persia, and Pergamum, and since 129 BC by Rome.
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 ninemsn Encarta - Search Results - Mysia
Mysia, ancient district of Asia Minor (in what is now north-western Turkey), bounded to the north by the Propontis, or Sea of Marmara, to the east by...
Pergamum, also known as Pergamon or Pergamos, ancient city about 20 km (12 mi) from the west coast of Asia Minor, in Mysia (now Turkey), and later...
The Argo sailed from Iolcus to the island of Lemnos, and on to the Euxine Sea by way of Mysia, an area east of the Aegean Sea, and Thrace.
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 Geographia: Asia and Africa
Mysia was a large region of northwestern coast of Asia Minor.
Cyzicus was a city in northern Mysia, situated on the coast of Sea of Marmara.
Lydia was region between Mysia and Caria, in Asia Minor.
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 Ancient coins of Mysia
About the close of the sixth century the Phoenician standard is aban- doned for the Persic, and silver coins of the weight of the Persian siglos and its divisions are met with.
Miletopolis (Melde near Kermasti), and town said to have been of Athenian origin, situated at the confluence of the rivers Macestus and Rhyndacus, in the northern part of Mysia.
According to one tradition Pergamum was colonized from Epidaurus under the leadership of the god Asklepios.
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 Mysia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
It islocated on the south coast of the Sea of Marmara.
Generally speaking, the northern portion was known asMysia Minor or Hellespontica and the southern as Major or Pergamene.
Themajor rivers in the northern part of the province are the Macestus and its tributary, the Rhyndacus, both of which rise in Phrygia, and, after diverging widelythrough Mysia, unite their waters below the lake of Apollonia about 15 miles fromthe Propontis.
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 Greek Mythology: NAIADES MYSIAI Naiad Nymphs of the River Ascanius in Mysia
THE NYMPHAI MYSIAI were NYMPHAI NAIADES of the springs of the River Askanios in Eastern Mysia or Bithynia, Anatolia.
In a similar myth, these carried off their brother Hyas to the stars after he was slain by a wild boar whilst fetching water.
He reached it when the Nymphai were about to hold their dances - it was the custom of all those who haunt (Hyleoroi) the beautiful headland [of Pegai in Mysia] to sing the praise of Artemis by night.
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 St. Paul the Traveler and the Roman Citizen (xii)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
They therefore kept on towards the west through Mysia, without preaching in it (as it was part of Asia), until they came out on its western coast at the great harbour of Alexandria Troas.
The “neglecting” of Mysia is a remarkable expression, one of those by which Luke compels attention at a critical point.
A tradition that Paul had travelled by the sacred town of the goddess Artemis at the hot springs of the river Aisepos can be traced as early as the second century, accompanied with the legend that he had rounded a chapel in the neighbourhood.
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 MYSIA - Online Information article about MYSIA
Sea on the N. and W. But its precise limits are difficult to assign, the Phrygian frontier being vague and fluctuating, while in the See also:
Troad was sometimes included in Mysia; sometimes not.
south, which for some distance separates Mysia from Lydia, and is afterwards prolonged through Mysia to the neighbourhood of the Gulf of Adramyttium.
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 CoinArchives.com Search Results
Greek Coins Kyzikos, Mysia Estimate: CHF 1'400.00 1/24 Stater (Electrum, 0.64 g), c.
Griechische Münzen Mysia No: 45     Schätzpreis/Estimate EUR 2000 d=34 mm Könige von Pergamon.
Griechische Münzen Mysia No: 46     Schätzpreis/Estimate EUR 200 d=29 mm Könige von Pergamon.
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 Mysia, Kyzikos - Ancient Greek Coins - WildWinds.com
Kyzicus, Mysia, AR hemiobol, (0.36g) After 480 BC, Forepart of boar left, tunny upward behind.
Kyzicus, Mysia, AR tetartemorion = 1/4 obol, (0.14g) After 480 BC, Forepart of boar left, tunny upward behind.
Greenwell 122; Traité pl. CLXXVII, 4; Boston MFA 1513; SNG France 323; BMC Mysia 86.
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 Mysia
Assos - Assos or Assus, ancient city, Mysia, NW Asia Minor, on the Gulf of Adramyttium E of Point Lectum,...
Alexandria Troas - Alexandria Troas, ancient Greek seaport city, Mysia, NW Asia Minor, called Troas in the Bible.
Pergamum - Pergamum, ancient city of NW Asia Minor, in Mysia (modern Turkey), in the fertile valley of the...
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 Acts 16:7 When they had come opposite Mysia, they tried to go
After they were come to Mysia, they assayed to go into Bithynia: but the Spirit suffered them not.
After they had come to Mysia, they essayed to go into Bithynia: but the Spirit suffered them not.
When they reached the frontier of Mysia, they were about to enter Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus would not permit this.
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 Prison of St. Paul in Ephesus, Antioch - Assos - Colossae - Ephesus - Lycaonia - Lycia - Hierapolis - Patara - Perge - ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Prison of St. Paul in Ephesus, Antioch - Assos - Colossae - Ephesus - Lycaonia - Lycia - Hierapolis - Patara - Perge - Mysia - Myra - philadelphia - Pergamum - Pisidian - Sardis - Smyrna - Tarsus - Thyatira - troas - Trogyllium
Although Paul in the letters he addressed to the churches in Greece, Macedonia and Anatolia frequently refers to the persecutions he suffered it is difficult to guess what exactly these persecutions were and where he suffered them.
Later Christian traditions, because of its proximity to the Aegean Sea, associated the westernmost tower of the fortifications on Mt Coressus (Bulbul Dagi) with this baptism.
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 Bible Study - Troas
Troas was a city of Mysia, a region of northwest Asia Minor (today, Turkey).
Reportedly founded by Antigonus, one of the successors of Alexander the Great (see Ancient Empires - Greece and Alexander The Great In Prophecy), it was named after the famous ancient Greek city of Troy which was located a few miles to the north.
It was from Troas (which is in Asia) that "the Spirit of Jesus" and a vision from a man in Macedonia directed Paul to take the Gospel across the Aegean Sea to Europe (i.e.
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 Greek Mythology: RHODIUS / RHODIOS River God of the Troad in Mysia, Anatolia
Greek Mythology: RHODIUS / RHODIOS River God of the Troad in Mysia, Anatolia
RHODIOS was a RIVER-GOD of the Troad, in Mysia, Anatolia (modern Turkey).
The River Rhodios had its headwaters in the foothills of Mount Ida near the town of Astyra, flowing through the region of Dardania, to finally empty into the waters of the Hellespont near Abydos.
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 Mysia, Parion - Ancient Greek Coinage thumbnail index - WildWinds.com
Antoninus Pius, Marcus Aurelius & Faustina Jr Æ 19 mm of Parium(?), Mysia.
AVT P ANTONINOC AG, laureate, draped bust of Antoninus Pius right / VERVS / ET FAVST[...], confronted busts of Marcus Aurelius on left, bare-headed and draped, Faustina Jr.
Entry for Mysia, Parion on the Digital Historia Numorum
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 Asia, Mysia
Two ancient sources who wrote of the Asclepeion, Aelius Aristides and Galen of the second century after Christ, laud its virtues and restorative powers.
Pergamum passed from a kingdom to the Roman province of Mysia then to the province of Asia before it was deemed a democracy under the hegemony of the Roman Empire, but its culture never failed to thrive, surviving every upheaval.
A brief entry on Pergamum can be found here containing pertinent facts and a starting point for further research.
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 MYSIA ancestry
2 names of the MYSIA ancestry are in the One Great Family Tree.
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 Mysia Football Club (Vic)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
1922 - Northern DFA : Mysia was a founding club.
1924 - Gladstone FA Grand Final : Mysia 6.7.43 defeated Wychitella 3.5.23.
1946 - Gladstone FA : Mysia was represented in the Borung-Mysia FC.
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