Sinda ( grc, Σίνδα) was an ancient town mentioned to have been situated on the western frontier of
ancient Pisidia, in the neighbourhood of
Cibyra and the river Caularis.
Stephanus of Byzantium
Stephanus or Stephan of Byzantium ( la, Stephanus Byzantinus; grc-gre, Στέφανος Βυζάντιος, ''Stéphanos Byzántios''; centuryAD), was a Byzantine grammarian and the author of an important geographical dictionary entitled ''Ethni ...
, who spoke of a ''Sindia'' as a town of
Lycia, was thought to have alluded to the same place. Some writers have confounded Sinda with
Isionda, which is the more surprising, as
Livy mentions the two as different towns in the same chapter; modern scholars treat them as separate places.
[
Its site is located near Gölhisar in Asiatic Turkey.]
References
Populated places in Pisidia
Ancient Greek archaeological sites in Turkey
Former populated places in Turkey
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