Lysias, Phrygia

Lysias was a city and episcopal see in the Roman province of Phrygia Salutaris I and is now a titular see.[1]

## History

[edit]

The city of Lysias is mentioned by Strabo, XII, 576, Pliny, V, 29, Ptolemy, V, 2, 23, Hierocles, and the Notitiae Episcopatuum.[2] It was probably founded by Antiochus III the Great about 200 BC.[2]

Some of its coins are still extant.[3]

Lequien (Oriens christianus, I, 845) names three bishops of Lysias, suffragans of Synnada:

* Theagenes, present at the Council of Sardica, 344
* Philip, at Chalcedon 451
* Constantine, at Constantinople, 879[2]

## Location

[edit]

Ruins of Lysias exist between the villages of Oinan and Aresli in the plain of Oinan, a little northeast of Lake Eğirdir.[1][2]

## References

[edit]

1. ^ a b Annuario Pontificio 2013 (Libreria Editrice Vaticana 2013 ISBN 978-88-209-9070-1), p. 918
2. ^ a b c d Sophrone Pétridès, "Lysias" in Catholic Encyclopedia (New York 1910)
3. ^ Phrygia

Authority control databases

Geographic|

* Pleiades

Other|

* Yale LUX

This article about a location in ancient Phrygia is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

|

* v
* t
* e

*[v]: View this template
*[t]: Discuss this template
*[e]: Edit this template