Bargasa

Bargasa (Ancient Greek: Βάργασα) or Pargasa (Πάργασα) was a city of ancient Caria.^[1] It was a polis (city-state) and a member of the Delian League.^[2] There are also coins of Bargasa with the epigraph Βαργασηνῶν. It is mentioned by Strabo, who, after speaking of Cnidus, says, "then Ceramus and Bargasa, small places above the sea."^[3]

Its site is located near Gökbel, in Milas district, Asiatic Turkey.^[4]^[5]

References

^ Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. Vol. s.v. Βάργασα.
^ Mogens Herman Hansen & Thomas Heine Nielsen (2004). "Karia". An inventory of archaic and classical poleis. New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 1112–1113. ISBN 0-19-814099-1.
^ Strabo. Geographica. Vol. p. 656. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
^ Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 61, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.
^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Bargasa". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.