APOLLONOS HIERON
APOLLONOS HIERON (
Ἀπολλῶνος ἱερον: Eth.
Apollonos hieritae), is mentioned by Pliny (
5.29).
It seems to be the same place as Apollonia in Mysia. Manner conjectures that the name Apollonia or Apollonos Hieron was afterwards changed into Hierocaesarea, which is mentioned by Tacitus (
Tac. Ann. 2.47) as one of the towns of Asia that suffered from the earthquake in the time of Tiberius; but if this be so, it is not easy to understand why Pliny does not mention it by that name.
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