Cius
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Cius (; Kios) was an Ancient Greek city bordering the Propontis (now known as the Sea of Marmara), in Bithynia and in Mysia (in modern northwestern Turkey). The city was later renamed to Prusias after King Prusias I of Bithynia, who once restored the city.
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- Ancient site.name
- Cius
- Ancient site.map_type
- Turkey
- Ancient site.map_size
- 250
- Ancient site.location
- Anatolia, in present-day Turkey
- Ancient site.region
- Bithynia
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- native label
- Prusias ad Mare
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Cius (; Kios) was an Ancient Greek city bordering the Propontis (now known as the Sea of Marmara), in Bithynia and in Mysia (in modern northwestern Turkey). The city was later renamed to Prusias after King Prusias I of Bithynia, who once restored the city.
== Etymology == According to the Greek Geographer Strabo in his book Geographica, the eponym of the city is, according to a founding myth, a companion of Heracles who is also the founder of the city. Greek author Apollonius of Rhodes provided another origin, in Argonautica, that the city of Cius was named after a nearby river and was founded by the Argonaut Polyphemus.
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