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Perperene[pronunciation?] (Ancient Greek:ΠερπερηνήPerperini) orPerperena (ΠερπερήναPerperina) was a city ofancient Mysia on the south-east ofAdramyttium, in the neighbourhood of which there were copper mines and good vineyards. It was said by some to be the place in whichThucydides had died.[1][2]Stephanus of Byzantium calls the townParparum orParparon (Παρπάρων), but he writes that some called the placePerine.[3]Ptolemy calls itPerpere orPermere.[4] According to theSuda,Hellanicus of Lesbos, a 5th-century BC Greeklogographer, died at Perperene at age 85. At a later date it was given the nameTheodosiopolis orTheodosioupolis (Θεοδοσιούπολις).[5][6]
It is located nearAşagı Beyköy, on the Kozak plateau nearBergama in theİzmir Province ofTurkey in westernAnatolia.[6][7]
Perperene was the seat of abishop; no longer a residentialbishopric, it remains atitular see of theRoman Catholic Church.[8]
This article incorporates text from a publication now in thepublic domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Perperena".Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
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