Cius
Ancient siteGemlik, Bursa
40.4325°N · 29.1564°E
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Cius is a ancient site in Gemlik, Bursa; Cius was an ancient Greek city on the shore of the Propontis (Sea of Marmara), between Bithynia and Mysia.
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Cius was an ancient Greek city on the shore of the Propontis (Sea of Marmara), between Bithynia and Mysia. It later took its name from the Bithynian king Prusias I and is mentioned by writers such as Herodotus, Xenophon, Aristotle, Strabo and Apollonius Rhodius.
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- Legend says Hylas, a companion of Heracles, was seized by nymphs here while fetching water; the city's founder was another of Heracles' companions, Kios.
- The city was taken by the Persians in 499 BC, after the burning of Sardis.
- Some Roman-era coins read Kianon, others the Prusians on the Sea.
- After the population exchange of 1923 the Greeks who left Kios founded the town of Nea Kios in Argolida.
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