Coryphas
Balıkesir, Gömeç · Archaeological site
Catalogue label
- Type
- Ancient city
- Kind
- Archaeological site
- Province / district
- Balıkesir / Gömeç
- Elevation
- 69 m
- Wikidata
- Q65067034
About
Coryphas or Koryphas (Ancient Greek: Κορυφάς), also known as Coryphantis or Koryphantis (Κορυφαντίς), was one of the settlements of the Mytilenaeans, on the coast of ancient Aeolis, opposite to Lesbos, and north of Atarneus. It is evidently the same place which appears in the Tabula Peutingeriana under the name Corifanio, between Adramyttium and Elateia — which may be another name of Heraclea. Strabo mentions Coryphantis and Heraclea, and "after them, Attea." The oysters of Coryphas are mentioned by Pliny the Elder.
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Location
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The best-known places close by, in the shortest order from Coryphas: about 154 km and 2 h 35 min of travel, plus roughly 7 h 30 min for the visits.
34 km · 34 min by car
AntandrusBalıkesir, Edremit (Balıkesir) ilçesi
21 km · 21 min by car
AdramyttionBalıkesir
15 km · 15 min by car
ThebeBalıkesir
15 km · 15 min by car
LyrnessusBalıkesir
68 km · 1 h 8 min by car
Atarneusİzmir, Dikili
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