21 Aug, 2019
By, Wikipedia
Lyrba
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Lyrbe_4473.jpg/220px-Lyrbe_4473.jpg)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Lyrbe_Naras_K%C3%B6pr%C3%BCs%C3%BC_4510.jpg/220px-Lyrbe_Naras_K%C3%B6pr%C3%BCs%C3%BC_4510.jpg)
Its site is identified with that about 1 km north of modern Bucakşeyhler,
History
Its name is only known by its coins and the mention made of it by Dionysius Periegetes, Ptolemy, and Hierocles. Dionysius places the town in Pisidia, while William Smith equates Lyrbe with the Lyrope (Λυρόπη), mentioned by Ptolemy and placed by the ancient geographer in Cilicia Trachaea.
The Notitiae episcopatuum mention Lyrba as an episcopal see, suffragan of the archbishopric of Side, up to the 12th and 13th centuries. Two of its bishops are known: Caius, who attend the First Council of Constantinople in 381, and Taurianus at the First Council of Ephesus in 431 (Le Quien, Oriens christianus, I, 1009); Zeuxius was not Bishop of Lyrba, as Le Quien states, but of Syedra.
The Site
There are extensive remains of an agora containing a row of two-storey and three-storey building façades, a gate, a mausoleum, a Roman bath, a necropolis, in addition to several temples and churches.
See also
References
- ^ Annuario Pontificio 2013 (Libreria Editrice Vaticana 2013 ISBN 978-88-209-9070-1), p. 918
- ^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
- ^ J. Nollé, "Forschungen in Selge und Ostpamphylien", Araştırma 6 (1988), pp. 257–59.
- ^ Dionysius Periegetes 858,
- ^ Ptolemy. The Geography. Vol. 5.5.5.
- ^ Hierocles. Synecdemus. Vol. p. 682.
- ^ Sophrone Pétridès, "Lyrba" in Catholic Encyclopedia (New York 1910)
- ^ Ptolemy. The Geography. Vol. 5.5.9.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Lyrbe". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
Authority control databases: Geographic ![]() |
---|
![]() | This article about a location in ancient Pisidia is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
![]() | This article about a location in ancient Pamphylia is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
![]() | This article about a location in ancient Cilicia is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |