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Cyrrhus
Also known as Kyrrhos, Kyrros, Kyros
Cyrrhus (; ) is a city in ancient Syria founded by Seleucus Nicator, one of Alexander the Great's generals. Other names for the city include Coricium, Corice, Hagioupolis, Nebi Huri (), and Khoros (). A false etymology of the sixth century connects it to Cyrus, king of Persia due to the resemblance of the names. The former Roman/Byzantine (arch)bishopric is now a double Catholic titular see.
Key facts
- Ancient site.name
- Cyrrhus
- Ancient site.image
- Nebi HuriNorth.jpg
- Ancient site.caption
- View of Cyrrhus.
- Ancient site.map_type
- Syria
- Ancient site.location
- Aleppo Governorate, Syria
- Ancient site.type
- Settlement
- Ancient site.builder
- Seleucus I Nicator
- Ancient site.built
- 300 BC
- Ancient site.abandoned
- 13th century AD
- Ancient site.condition
- In ruins
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Image
- NebiHuriTheater.jpg
Article
16 sectionsContents
- Location
- History
- Antiquity
- Middle Ages
- Modern times
- Archaeology
- Ecclesiastical history
- Residential (Arch)Bishops of Cyrrhus
- Titular sees
- Bishops of Crusader Coricié
- Latin titular see
- Maronite titular see
- Gallery
- References
- Sources and external links
- Further reading
Cyrrhus (; ) is a city in ancient Syria founded by Seleucus Nicator, one of Alexander the Great's generals. Other names for the city include Coricium, Corice, Hagioupolis, Nebi Huri (), and Khoros (). A false etymology of the sixth century connects it to Cyrus, king of Persia due to the resemblance of the names. The former Roman/Byzantine (arch)bishopric is now a double Catholic titular see.
== Location == Its ruins are located in northern Syria, near the Turkish border.
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2 mapped locations