Earth:Callichorus
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Callichorus or Kallichoros (Ancient Greek:)[1], also called Oxines or Oxinas (Ancient Greek:), was a river of ancient Bithynia. It is mentioned by Pliny the Elder[2] and also by the author of the Periplus of Pseudo-Scylax under the name Callichorus. Under the name Oxinas, it is mentioned by Arrian as draining into the Pontus Euxinus between Heraclea Pontica and Phyllium.[3] Called Oxines by Marcianus, who places its mouth 90 stadia northeast of Cape Posidium. Its is tentatively identified with the modern Ilık Su.[4]
References
- ↑ Pseudo Scylax, Periplous, § 90
- ↑ Template:Cite Pliny
- ↑ Arrian, Periplus Ponti Euxini
- ↑ Richard Talbert, ed (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 86, and directory notes accompanying..
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