Perperene

Perperene (Ancient Greek: Περπερηνή Perperini) or Perperena (Περπερήνα Perperina) was a city of ancient Mysia on the south-east of Adramyttium, in the neighbourhood of which there were copper mines and good vineyards. It was said by some to be the place in which Thucydides had died.[1][2] Stephanus of Byzantium calls the town Parparum or Parparon (Παρπάρων), but he writes that some called the place Perine.[3] Ptolemy calls it Perpere or Permere.[4] According to the Suda, Hellanicus of Lesbos, a 5th-century BC Greek logographer, died at Perperene at age 85. At a later date it was given the name Theodosiopolis or Theodosioupolis (Θεοδοσιούπολις).[5][6]

Environment of Perperene occupied by pinus pinea.

It is located near Aşagı Beyköy, on the Kozak plateau near Bergama in the Izmir province of Turkey in western Anatolia.[6][7]

Ecclesiastical history

Perperene was the seat of a bishop; no longer a residential bishopric, it remains a titular see of the Roman Catholic Church.[8]

References

1. Strabo. Geographica. xiii. p.607. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
2. Pliny. Naturalis Historia. 5.32.
3. Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. s.v. Παρπάρων.
4. Ptolemy. The Geography. 5.2.16.
5. Hierocles. Synecdemus. p. 661.
6. Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 56, and directory notes accompanying.
7. Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
8. Catholic Hierarchy

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Perperena". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.

External links

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