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(Redirected from Hermia (Cilicia)) Greek harbor town of Cilicia For the town of ancient Phrygia, see Holmi (Phrygia).

Holmi or Holmoi (Ancient Greek: Ὅλμοι), or Holmia, also possibly called Hermia, was a Greek town of Cilicia Tracheia with a harbor, a little to the south-west of Seleucia ad Calycadnum. When Seleucia ad Calycadnum was founded, the inhabitants of Holmi migrated there.

Its site is located near Taşucu in Asiatic Turkey.

References

  1. Pliny. Naturalis Historia. Vol. 5.22.
  2. Pseudo Scylax, Periplous, §102
  3. Strabo, Geography, §14.5.4
  4. Stephanus of Byzantium, Ethnica, §O490.5
  5. Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 66, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.
  6. Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainSmith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Holmi". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.

36°19′13″N 33°52′51″E / 36.3202°N 33.88097°E / 36.3202; 33.88097

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