Bathynias

Bathynias (Βαθύνιας) is the ancient name of a river in the Thracian hinterland ( Eastern Thrace ) of Byzantium ( Istanbul ).

The river is mentioned by Pliny , Ptolemy and Strabo . It is probably identical with the river Bithyas mentioned by Appian . Since the middle of the 18th century it has been identified with the Sazlı Dere, which flows east of Yarımburgaz into the Bay of Küçükçekmece .

literature

Bathynias . In: William Smith : Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London 1854 ..
Eugen Oberhummer : Bathynias. In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume III, 1, Stuttgart 1897, column 138 ( digitized version ) ..
Andreas Külzer : Eastern Thrace (Eurōpē) (= Tabula Imperii Byzantini Vol. 12). Publishing house of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 2008, p. 282.

Remarks

↑ Pliny, Naturalis historia 4, 47; Ptolemy, Tetrabiblos 3, 11, 6; Strabo 7, frg. 56.
↑ Appian, Mithridatius 1.
^ Richard Pococke : A Description of the East and Some Other Countries . Vol. 2, 2: Observations on the islands of the Archipelago, Asia Minor, Thrace, Greece, and some other parts of Europe . London 1745, p. 139.

[1] Pliny, Naturalis historia 4, 47; Ptolemy, Tetrabiblos 3, 11, 6; Strabo 7, frg. 56.

[2] Appian, Mithridatius 1.

[3] Richard Pococke : A Description of the East and Some Other Countries . Vol. 2, 2: Observations on the islands of the Archipelago, Asia Minor, Thrace, Greece, and some other parts of Europe . London 1745, p. 139.