MOSTE´NI
Eth.
MOSTE´NI (
Μοστηνοί), a town of Lydia in the Hyrcanian plain, south-east of Thyatira, and on the road between this latter town and Sardis. In A.D. 17, Mosteni and many other towns of that country were visited by a fearful earthquake. (
Ptol. 5.2.16;
Tac. Ann. 2.17 ; Hierocl. p. 671, where it is erroneously called
Μυστήνη or
Μόστινα; Concil. Chalc. p. 240. where it bears the name
Μουστήνη.) Its exact site is unknown. (Comp. Rasche,
Lex. Num. 3.1. p. 869, &c.)
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