Prymnessus or Prymnessos (), or Prymnesus or Prymnesos (Πρύμνησος), or Prymnesia (Πρυμνησία) was a town of

ancient Phrygia In classical antiquity, Phrygia ( ; grc, Φρυγία, ''Phrygía'' ) was a kingdom in the west central part of Anatolia, in what is now Asian Turkey, centered on the Sangarios River. After its conquest, it became a region of the great empire ...

. Its site is located near

Sülün Sülün is a town (''belde'') and municipality in the Afyonkarahisar District, Afyonkarahisar Province, Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinent ...

in Asiatic Turkey.

History

The town was inhabited during Roman and

Byzantine The Byzantine Empire, also referred to as the Eastern Roman Empire or Byzantium, was the continuation of the Roman Empire primarily in its eastern provinces during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages, when its capital city was Constantin ...

times. It was the see of a Christian bishop. No longer the seat of a residential bishop, it remains a

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of the

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. The

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and saint Ariadne of Phrygia lived here according to her

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References

Populated places in Phrygia Former populated places in Turkey Roman towns and cities in Turkey Populated places of the Byzantine Empire Catholic titular sees in Asia History of Afyonkarahisar Province Afyonkarahisar District {{Afyonkarahisar-geo-stub