OROANDA
OROANDA a town in the mountains of Pisidia, near the south-western shore of lake Trogitis (
Liv. 38.37. 39;
Plin. Nat. 5.24). From this town the whole district derived the name of Oroandicus tractus, the inhabitants of which, called Oroandenses or Oroandici (
Ὀροανδικοί or
Ὀροανδεῖς), possessed, besides the chief town Oroanda, also Misthia and Pappa (
Liv. 38.18,
19;
Plb. 22.25;
Ptol. 5.4.12). Hamilton (
Researches, i. p. 478) believes that the ruins he found on the slope of a hill near lake
Egerdir, may mark the site of Oroanda: but it would seem that its remains must be looked for a little further east.
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