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{{short description|Former city in what is now Turkey}}
{{short description|Former city in what is now Turkey}}
[[File:Akyaka generalview MuglaTurkey.jpg|thumb|right|Countryside around ancient Ceramus]]'''Ceramus''' or '''Keramos''' ({{lang-grc|Κέραμος}}) is a city on the north coast of the [[Gulf of Gökova|Ceramic Gulf]]&mdash;named after this city&mdash;in [[ancient Caria]], in southwest [[Asia Minor]]; its ruins can be found outside the modern village of [[Milas|Ören]], [[Muğla Province]], [[Turkey]].<ref>{{Cite Barrington|61}}</ref>
[[File:Akyaka generalview MuglaTurkey.jpg|thumb|right|Countryside around ancient Ceramus]]'''Ceramus''' or '''Keramos''' ({{lang-grc|Κέραμος}}) is a city on the north coast of the [[Gulf of Gökova|Ceramic Gulf]]&mdash;named after this city&mdash;in [[ancient Caria]], in southwest [[Asia Minor]]; it can be found outside the ancient village of [[Milas|Ören]], [[Muğla Province]], [[Turkey]].<ref>{{Cite Barrington|61}}</ref>


Ceramus, initially subjected to [[Stratonicea (Caria)|Stratonicea]], afterwards autonomous, was a member of the [[Athenian Empire|Athenian League]] and was one of the chief cities of the [[Chrysaorian League]] (Bulletin de corresp. hellén., IX, 468). In ancient times, it probably is a temple of [[Zeus|Zeus Chrysaoreus]]. In [[Roman Empire|Roman]] times, it coined its own money. Polites ({{lang-grc|Πολίτης}}) of Ceramus at [[Stadion (running race)|stadion race]].<ref>[https://topostext.org/work/531#80 Eusebius, Chronography, §80]</ref><ref>[http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0525.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6.13.3 Pausanias, Description of Greece, 6.13.3]</ref>
Ceramus, initially subjected to [[Stratonicea (Caria)|Stratonicea]], afterwards autonomous, is a member of the [[Athenian Empire|Athenian League]] and is one of the chief cities of the [[Chrysaorian League]] (Bulletin de corresp. hellén., IX, 468). In ancient times, it probably is a temple of [[Zeus|Zeus Chrysaoreus]]. In [[Roman Empire|Roman]] times, it coined its own money. Polites ({{lang-grc|Πολίτης}}) of Ceramus at [[Stadion (running race)|stadion race]].<ref>[https://topostext.org/work/531#80 Eusebius, Chronography, §80]</ref><ref>[http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0525.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6.13.3 Pausanias, Description of Greece, 6.13.3]</ref>


== Ecclesiastical history ==
== Ecclesiastical history ==

Revision as of 18:32, 21 October 2020

Countryside around ancient Ceramus

Ceramus or Keramos (Template:Lang-grc) is a city on the north coast of the Ceramic Gulf—named after this city—in ancient Caria, in southwest Asia Minor; it can be found outside the ancient village of Ören, Muğla Province, Turkey.[1]

Ceramus, initially subjected to Stratonicea, afterwards autonomous, is a member of the Athenian League and is one of the chief cities of the Chrysaorian League (Bulletin de corresp. hellén., IX, 468). In ancient times, it probably is a temple of Zeus Chrysaoreus. In Roman times, it coined its own money. Polites (Template:Lang-grc) of Ceramus at stadion race.[2][3]

Ecclesiastical history

Ceramus is mentioned in the Notitiae Episcopatuum until the 12th or 13th century as a bishopric suffragan to Aphrodisias, or Stauropolis. Three bishops are known: Spudasius, who attended the First Council of Ephesus in 431; Maurianus, who attended the Council of Nicaea in 787; and Symeon, who attended the council in Constantinople that reinstated Photius in 879.

Ceramus is included in the Catholic Church's list of titular sees.[4]

References

  1. ^ Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 61, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.
  2. ^ Eusebius, Chronography, §80
  3. ^ Pausanias, Description of Greece, 6.13.3
  4. ^ Annuario Pontificio 2013 (Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 2013, ISBN 978-88-209-9070-1), p. 866

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

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