Attea (Ancient Greek:Ἄττεα) was a coastal town ofancient Mysia or ofAeolis. If we follow the order ofStrabo's enumeration, it lay betweenHeracleia andAtarneus.[1] It has been conjectured that it is the same place which is named Attalia in thePeutinger Table.Pliny the Elder mentions an Attalia in Mysia, but he places it in the interior; and he also mentions the Attalenses as belonging to the conventus of Pergamum.[2] It seems, then, there is some confusion in the authorities about this Attalia; and the Lydian Attalia ofStephanus of Byzantium and this Attalia of Pliny may be the same place. Also, attempts to equate the town withAttaea, a later bishopric near Ephesus, have likewise proved unsatisfactory.[3]
Its site is located near Maltepe, Ayazment,Asiatic Turkey.[4][5]
This article incorporates text from a publication now in thepublic domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Attea".Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
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