Soly ( ancient Greek Σόλοι , lat. Soli ) is an ancient city on the south coast of Asia Minor , on the border of the two Cilicia - Trachea and Pediada (Strabo. XIV. V. 1), near the Liparis river (modern Mezitli river) , northeast of the Lamos River (Strabo. XIV. V. 8; C. Plin. Sec. NH XII. 31.14.1). The Sol ruins are currently located in the Mezitli district, 11 km southwest of the center of Mersin .
| Ancient city | |
| Soly (Asia Minor) | |
|---|---|
| Greek Σόλοι | |
 The ruins of the central colonnade | |
| Ruined | 528 |
| Causes of destruction | destroyed by an earthquake |
| Composition of the population | Luvians , Greeks |
| Modern location | Turkey , 11 km from Mersin |
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History
Around 700 BC e. Soly became a colony of Argos and Lindos from Rhodes . For Cilicia, Solas were a rather significant, prosperous and very wealthy city-state . Around 70 BC e., during the Mithridates Wars, the king of Great Armenia Tigran II destroyed the city and resettled a significant number of its inhabitants in Tigranakert . The city was practically empty until 63 BC. e., when Pompey the Great settled Solyas former sea robbers . Grateful pirates renamed the city to Pompeiopol ( dr. Greek. Πομπηϊούπολις ). After the earthquake of 528, the city was completely empty.
Natives
- Filemon is a comedian .
- Arat is a poet and an astronomer .
- Athenodor of Sol is a Stoic philosopher .
- Chrysippus is a Stoic philosopher .
- Krantor - philosopher - platonicist .
Christian Martyrs Affected in the City
- Calliopius Pompeopolsky
- Sozont Pompeol
Other facts
Since the inhabitants of Sol, the descendants of the first settlers, entering into relations with the local population and mixing with it, lost the purity of the ancient Greek language , the name Solecism was derived from the name of their city in ancient rhetoric (σολοικισμός - wrong speech). According to other assumptions, the term was derived from the name of the Cypriot city of Sola .
Literature
- Soly // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.
- Yağcı R. The Importance of Soli in the Archeology of Cilicia in the Second Millennium BC // Varia Anatolica, vol. 13, 2001, no 1, P. 159-165.
- Yağcı R. Hittites at Soli (Cilicia) // Studi Micenei ed Egeo-Anatolici Nuova Serie (SMEA), vol. 50, 2008, p. 797-814.
- Yağcı R. Problematizing Greek Colonization in the Eastern Mediterranean in the Seventh and Sixth Centuries BC: The Case of Soli // Rough Cilicia. New Historical and Archaeological Approaches. Proceedings of an International Conference held at Lincoln, Nebraska, October 2007. Edited by Michael C. Hoff and Rhys F. Townsend. Oxford, 2013. P.6-15.
Links
- Soli (Pompeiopolis) // Turkish Archaeological News
- Soloi // The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites. Princeton University Press, Princeton, 1976.