Μόψου κρήνη | |
  Location of Mopsucrene in present-day Turkey | |
| Coordinates | 37°04′24″N34°53′09″E / 37.0733365°N 34.8858995°E /37.0733365; 34.8858995 |
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Mopsucrene orMopsoukrene (Ancient Greek:Μόψου κρήνη) was a town in the eastern part ofancient Cilicia, on the riverCydnus, and not far from the frontier ofCataonia to whichPtolemy, in fact, assigns it.[1] Its site was on the southern slope ofMount Taurus, and in the neighbourhood of the mountain pass leading from Cilicia intoCappadocia, 12 miles (19 km) north ofTarsus. Its site was likely the same as the settlement andmutatio ofMampsoukrenai orMapsoukrenai, and known in Hellenic antiquity asMópsou Krênae'Fountains ofMopsus'.
Its site is tentatively located nearKırıt, which is a neighbourhood inTarsus, Mersin inAsiatic Turkey.[2][3] It was on the road betweenTyana andTarsus, inhabited duringRomanByzantine times.[2]
The town is named after theseerMopsus, its name means "Springs of Mopsus".[4] It is celebrated in history as the place where the emperorConstantius II died (3 November 361).[5] In theAntonine Itinerary, it is calledNamsucrone; in theJerusalem Itinerary, it is calledMansverine.
Its site is tentatively located nearKırıt, which is a neighbourhood inTarsus, Mersin inAsiatic Turkey.[2][6]
This article incorporates text from a publication now in thepublic domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Mopsucrene".Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
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