Doron or Dorio, as it is said to be written in some manuscripts, is a city mentioned only by
Pliny and located in
Cilicia Tracheia. Some scholars have equated the city to
Darieium or
Dorieium in
Phrygia
In classical antiquity, Phrygia ( ; , ''Phrygía'') was a kingdom in the west-central part of Anatolia, in what is now Asian Turkey, centered on the Sangarios River.
Stories of the heroic age of Greek mythology tell of several legendary Ph ...
mentioned by
Stephanus of Byzantium
Stephanus or Stephen of Byzantium (; , ''Stéphanos Byzántios''; centuryAD) was a Byzantine grammarian and the author of an important geographical dictionary entitled ''Ethnica'' (). Only meagre fragments of the dictionary survive, but the epit ...
.
[Steph. B. ''s.v.'' ; Steph. B. ''s.v.'' .]
References
Roman towns and cities in Turkey
Lost ancient cities and towns
Former populated places in Cilicia
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