Bakırçay (ancient name: Caicus also Caecus (Greek: Καϊκος, or Καϊκός, transliterated as Kaïkos, formerly Astraeus or Astræus) is the ancient name of a river of Asia Minor that rises in the Temnus mountains and flows through Lydia, Mysia, and Aeolis before it debouches into the Elatic Gulf. Greek (el ελληνική γλώσσα or simply el ελληνικά — "Hellenic" is an Indo-European language, spoken today by 15-22 million people mainly Transliteration is the practice of Transcribing a Word or text written in one Writing system into another writing system or system of rules for such practice Anatolia (Anadolu Ανατολία Anatolía) or Asia minor, comprising most of modern Turkey, is the geographic region bounded by the Black Defining Lydia Aside from a legend related by Herodotus, who states that the name Lydia came from king Lydus at the time of the fall of Troy Mysia (Μυσία was a region in the northwest of ancient Asia Minor or Anatolia (part of modern Turkey) Alternative meaning the Aeolis region of Mars. Geography Aeolis was an ancient district on the western coast of Asia Minor Defile is a geographic term for a narrow pass or gorge between mountains or hills (Herodotus vi. Herodotus of Halicarnassus ( Greek: Hēródotos Halikarnāsseús) was a Greek Historian who lived in the 5th century BC ( 484 BC&ndash 28; vii. 42). [1] To the Hittites, it was the Seha river. The Hittites were an ancient Anatolian people who spoke a language of the Anatolian branch of the Indo-European language family and established The modern, Turkish name of the river is Bakırçay (formerly the Ak-su, Aksou, and Bakır), and it is located in the Asian part of Turkey. Turkish ( tr Türkçe IPA) is a language spoken by over 63 million people worldwide making it the most commonly spoken of the Turkic languages. Turkey (Türkiye known officially as the Republic of Turkey ( is a Eurasian Country that stretches
The river is first mentioned by Hesiod (Theog. Hesiod ( Greek: Hesiodos) was an early Greek Poet and Rhapsode, who presumably lived around 700 BCE 343), who, as well as the other poets, fixes the quantity of the penultimate syllable. Plutarch relates that the name of the river was originally Astraeus (Astræus) but was changed after Caicus, a son of Hermes, threw himself into it. Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus ( Greek: Μέστριος Πλούταρχος c Bakırçay (ancient name Caicus, also Caecus; Καϊκός Transliterated as Kaïkos; formerly Astraeus) is the ancient name of Hermes ( Greek,, ˈhɝmiːz in Greek mythology, is the Olympian god of boundaries and of the travelers who cross them of Shepherds and [2]
Strabo (p. Strabo ( Greek: Στράβων 63/64 BC – ca AD 24 was a Greek historian, geographer and philosopher. 616) says that the sources of the Caicus are in a plain, which plain is separated by the range of Temnus from the plain of Apiae, and that the plain of Apia lies above the plain of Thebe in the interior. He adds, there also flows from Tetanus a river (Mysius) which joins the Caicus below its source. The Caicus enters the sea approximately 12 km from Pitane, and 3 km from Elaea (Elæa). Pitane (near Çandarlı, Turkey) was an ancient Greek town of Aeolis, in Asia Minor. Elaea was the port of Pergamon, which was on the Caicus, approximately 25 km from Elaea. (Strab. p. 615. ) At the source of the Caicus, according to Strabo, was a place called Gergitha.
The course of this river has undoubtedly changed since antiquity; nor is it easy to assign the proper ancient names to the branches in the ordinary maps. Leake (Asia Minor, p. William Martin Leake, FRS ( January 14, 1777 – January 6, 1860) British Antiquarian and Topographer 269) infers from the direction of L. Scipio's march (Liv. Lucius Cornelius Scipio Asiaticus (2nd century BC-aft 183 BC was a Roman general and statesman xxxvii. 37) from Troy to the Hyrcanian plain, that the north-eastern branch of the river of Pergamon (Bergama or Beryma) which flows by Menduria (possibly Gergitha) and Balıkesir (Caesaraea) is that which was anciently called Caicus; and he makes the Mysius join it on the right bank. Troy ( Greek: grc Τροία Troia, also, Ilion; Latin: Trōia, Īlium, Hittite: Wilusa or Hyrcania was the the name of a Satrapy located in the territories of present day Golestan, Mazandaran, Gilan and part of Turkmenistan Sites of interest Kuş Cenneti (Bird Sanctuary National Park Erdek, Bandırma, Edremit Bays and Ayvalık Coastal Beach The Caicus as it seems is formed by two streams which meet between 50 and 65 km above its mouth, and it drains an extensive and fertile country.
References
- Smith, William (editor); Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, "Stratoniceia", London, (1854)
This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography by William Smith (1856). Sir William Smith (1813 &ndash 1893 English Lexicographer, was born at Enfield in 1813 of Nonconformist parents The Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, first published in 1854, was the last of a series of classical dictionaries edited by the English scholar London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. The public domain is a range of abstract materials &ndash commonly referred to as Intellectual property &ndash which are not owned or controlled by anyone The Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, first published in 1854, was the last of a series of classical dictionaries edited by the English scholar Sir William Smith (1813 &ndash 1893 English Lexicographer, was born at Enfield in 1813 of Nonconformist parents
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