JO´TAPE
JO´TAPE (
Ἰωτάπη: Eth.
Ἰωταπείτης), a small town of Cilicia, in the district called Selenitis, not far from Selinus.
It is perhaps the same place as Laerte, the native city of Diogenes Laertius.
It is identified with the modern fort
Lambardo. (
Ptol. 5.8.2;
Plin. Nat. 5.22;
Concil. Chalced. p. 659; Hierocl. p. 709, where it is called
Ἰοτάπη; comp. LAERTIC.) The coins of lotape belong to the emperors Philip and Valerian.
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