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🌍 Nicomedia (Asia Minor)

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  • Alternative name
    🌍 Astacos (alt. Nicomedia)
    Information
    city in Asia Minor
    Wikidata
    https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q209349
    Pleiades
    https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/511337
    Cult site of
    👤 Asclepios son of Apollo, god of healing
    Founded by
    👤 Zypoites founder of Astacos (later Nicomedia)
    Founded from
    🌍 Thrace (N. Greece) region of northern Greece
    Relics preserved on site
    🏺 the Sword of Memnon
    Encompasses
    🏛️ the Temple of Asclepios at Nicomedia (Asia Minor)
    Related entities
    🌍 Thrace (N. Greece) region of northern Greece👤 Zypoites founder of Astacos (later Nicomedia)🌍 Astacos (alt. Nicomedia) alternative name for Nicomedia🌍 Nicomedia (Asia Minor) city in Asia Minor🏺 the Sword of Memnon👤 Asclepios son of Apollo, god of healing
    Mentioned by
    📖 Pausanias 5.12.7
    Mentioned in text
    Pausanias
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