Bargasa

Bargasa (Ancient Greek: Βάργασα) or Pargasa (Πάργασα) was a city of Ancient Caria. It was a polis (city-state) and a member of the Delian League. There are also coins of Bargasa with the epigraph Βαργασηνῶν. It is mentioned by Strabo, who, after speaking of Cnidus, says, "then Ceramus and Bargasa, small places above the sea."

Its site is located near Gökbel [tr] in Milas district, Asiatic Turkey.

It was said to have been named after Bargasus, son of Heracles.

References

  1. ↑ Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. Vol. s.v. Βάργασα.
  2. ↑ Mogens Herman Hansen & Thomas Heine Nielsen (2004). "Karia". An inventory of archaic and classical poleis. New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 1112–1113. ISBN 0-19-814099-1.
  3. ↑ Strabo. Geographica. Vol. p. 656. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
  4. ↑ Talbert, Richard, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 61. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9, with accompanying Map-by-Map Directory.
  5. ↑ 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). "Bargasa". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.

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