PY´GELA
PY´GELA or
PHY´GELA (
Πύγελα,
Φύγελα: Eth.
Πυγελεύς), a small town on the coast of the Caystrian bay, a little to the south of Ephesus, was said to have been founded by Agamemnon, and to have been peopled with the remnants of his army; it contained a temple of Artemis Munychia. (Xenoph.
Hellen. 1.2.2;
Strab. xiv. p.639;
Steph. B. sub voce Harpocrat. s. v.;
Plin. Nat. 5.31; Scylax. p. 37; Pomp. Mela, 1.17;
Liv. 37.1.) Dioscorides (5.12) commends the wine of this town, which is still celebrated. Chandler (
Travels, p. 176) observed its remains on a hill between Ephesus and
Scala Nova, (Comp. Leake,
Asia Minor, p. 261.)
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