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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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