Placia
Placia or Plakia or Placie or Plakie ( grc, Πλακίη), also known as Placa or Plaka or Place or Plake (Πλάκη), was a town of ancient Mysia, on the coast of the Propontis, at the foot of the Mysian Olympus east of Cyzicus. It was a Pelasgians, Pelasgian town; in this place and the neighbouring Scylace, the Pelasgians, according to Herodotus, had preserved their ancient language down to his time. The town is mentioned in the ''Periplus of Pseudo-Scylax'', and by Pomponius Mela, Dionysius of Halicarnassus and Pliny the Elder. Its site is tentatively located near Kurşunlu, Bursa, Kurşunlu, Anatolia, Asiatic Turkey. References

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Scylace
Scylace or Skylake ( grc, Σκυλάκη), was a town of ancient Mysia, on the coast of the Propontis, east of Cyzicus. It was a Pelasgians, Pelasgian town; in this place and the neighbouring Placia, the Pelasgians, according to Herodotus, had preserved their ancient language down to his time. The ''Periplus of Pseudo-Scylax'' mentions only Placia, but Pomponius Mela and Pliny the Elder speak of both as still existing. Its site is tentatively located near Yeni Köy, Anatolia, Asiatic Turkey. References

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