Daphnus orDaphnous (Ancient Greek:Δαφνοῦς) was a town ofancient Bithynia, situated upon an island in a lake calledDaphnusis near theMysian Olympus.[1] The lakeDaphnusis is identified as that calledMiletopolitis by other authors.[2]The cult site, Apollon Daphnousios, which is near to the Akçapınar District of Nilüfer/Bursa may be related to this town. (The Katoikia of Daphnous and the Sanctuary of Apollon Daphnousios in the Territory of Apollonia ad Rhyndacum, Epigraphica Anatolia 21(1993):99-105). Another possible relationship can be established with the city of Daphnousiae, which is mentioned in the Notitiae Episcopatuum 3 and whose location is unknown.
Its site is located inAsiatic Turkey.[3][2]
40°10′18″N28°35′20″E / 40.171739°N 28.588844°E /40.171739; 28.588844
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