TA´RSIUS
TA´RSIUS (
Τάρσιος), a river of Mysia in the neighbourhood of the town of Zeleia, which had its source in Mount Temnus, and flowed in a northeastern direction through the lake of Miletopolis, and, issuing from it, continued its north-eastern course till it joined the Macestus. (Strab. xiii. p. p. 587.) Strabo indeed states that the river flowed in numerous windings not far from Zeleia; but he can scarcely mean any other river than the one now bearing the name
Balikesri, and which the Turks still call
Tarza. Hamilton (
Researches, vol. ii. p. 106) identifies it with the
Kara Su or
Kara Dere Su, which flows into
Lake Maniyas. [
L.S]