CEPI MILESIO´RUM
CEPI MILESIO´RUM (
Κῆπος,
Κῆποι,
Strab. xi. p.494; Anon. Peripl.; Pomp. Mela, 1.19.15;
Diod. 20.24; Procop. Bell. Goth. 4.5; Cepi, Cepos, Peut. Tab.; Ceppos, Geog. Raven.), a town of the Cimmerian Bosporus founded by the Milesians (Scymn.;
Plin. Nat. 6.6), and situated to N. of the Asiatic coast. Dr. Clarke (
Trav. vol. ii. p. 77) identifies
Sienna with this place, and the remarkable Milesian sepulchres found there in such abundance confirm this position. Near to this spot stood a monument raised by Comosarya, a Queen of the Bosporus, who as it appears from the inscription which has been preserved, was wife of Parysades, and dedicated it to the Syro-Chaldaic deities Anerges and Astara. (Köler,
Mém. sur le Monument de la Reine Comosarye. St. Petersburg, 1805.)
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