Holmi

Greek harbor town of Cilicia

Holmi or Holmoi (Ancient Greek: Ὅλμοι), or Holmia,^[1] also possibly called Hermia, was a Greek^[2] town of Cilicia Tracheia with a harbor, a little to the south-west of Seleucia ad Calycadnum. When Seleucia ad Calycadnum was founded, the inhabitants of Holmi migrated there.^[3]^[4]

Its site is located near Taşucu in Asiatic Turkey.^[5]^[6]

References

^ Pliny. Naturalis Historia. Vol. 5.22.
^ Pseudo Scylax, Periplous, §102
^ Strabo, Geography, §14.5.4
^ Stephanus of Byzantium, Ethnica, §O490.5
^ Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 66, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.
^ 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). "Holmi". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.