PHREATA
PHREATA (
Φρέατα), that is, the Wells, a place in the district of Garsauritis in Cappadocia. (
Ptol. 5.6.14.)
The name is an indication of the fact noticed by ancient writers, that the country had a scanty supply of water. (Wesseling,
ad Hierocl. p. 700.)
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