Apollonia ad Rhyndacum

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Apollonia (Greek: Ἀπολλωνία) was an ancient town astride the Rhyndacus river. According to Strabo, it lay in Mysia (Ἀ. ἐπὶ Ῥυνδακῷ), a description which misled some travellers and geographers, who fixed the site at Ulubad on the Rhyndacus. But the site is Apolyont^[1] (Abullionte), which is on a lake of the same name, the Apolloniatis of Strabo, who says that the town is on the lake. Some high land advances into the lake, and forms a narrow promontory, off the southwest point of which is an island with the town of Abullionte. (Hamilton, Researches, &c. vol. ii. p. 87.) The remains of Apollonia are inconsiderable. The Rhyndacus flows into the lake Apolloniatis, and issues from it a deep and muddy river. The lake extends from east to west, and is studded with many islands in the northeast part, on one of which is the town of Apollonia. (Hamilton.) The circuit of the lake is estimated by some travellers at about 50 miles, and its length about 10; but the dimensions vary considerably, for in winter the waters are much higher. It abounds in fish.

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• This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography by William Smith (1856).