Prymnessos
Coordinates: 38 ° 41 ′ 53 ″ N , 30 ° 34 ′ 31 ″ E
Prymnessos was a Greek city in Phrygia on a tributary of the Kaystros . Located at an important intersection, it was important as a trading town.
description
Prymnessos is located near today's place Sülün, about eight kilometers south of the Turkish provincial capital Afyonkarahisar . The settlement hill is to the east of the village, on its top there is a tekke built from Spolia stones, and the remains of a theater are visible on its eastern slope. The martyrdom of Ariadne is said to have taken place in Prymnessos at the time of the emperors Hadrian and Antoninus . On most of the city's coins, Dikaiosyne (justice) is depicted with a scale and ears of corn, she is considered the main deity of the city.
Sons of the city
- Nikostrathos , heavy athlete, Olympic champion 37 AD
literature
- Ernst Kirsten : Prymnessos. In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume XXIII, 1, Stuttgart 1957, Col. 1154-1156.
- Klaus Belke , Norbert Mersich: Phrygia and Pisisia (= Tabula Imperii Byzantini 7). Vienna 1990, pp. 364-365.
