Placia

Town of ancient Mysia

Placia or Plakia or Placie or Plakie (Ancient Greek: Πλακίη), also known as Placa or Plaka or Place or Plake (Πλάκη),^[1] was a town of ancient Mysia, on the coast of the Propontis, at the foot of the Mysian Olympus east of Cyzicus. It was a Pelasgian town; in this place and the neighbouring Scylace, the Pelasgians, according to Herodotus, had preserved their ancient language down to his time.^[2] The town is mentioned in the Periplus of Pseudo-Scylax, and by Pomponius Mela,^[3] Dionysius of Halicarnassus^[4] and Pliny the Elder.^[5]

Its site is tentatively located near Kurşunlu, in Bursa Province, Turkey.^[6]^[7]

References

^ Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. Vol. s.v.
^ Herodotus. Histories. Vol. 1.57.
^ Pomponius Mela. De situ orbis. Vol. 1.19.
^ Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Roman Antiquities, § 1.29.3
^ Pliny. Naturalis Historia. Vol. 5.40.
^ Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 52, 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). "Placia". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.