Olbia (Ancient Greek: Ὀλβία) was the westernmost town on the coast of ancient Pamphylia, which some ancient writers place in Lycia. Ptolemy places it between Phaselis and Attaleia. Stephanus of Byzantium blames Philo for ascribing this town to Pamphylia, since, as he asserts, it was situated in the territory of the Solymi, and its real name was Olba; but the critic is here himself at fault, confounding Olbia with the Pisidian Olbasa. Strabo describes Olbia as a strong fortress, and its inhabitants colonised the Lycian town of Cadrema.
Its site is located near Koruma, Asiatic Turkey.
References
- ^ Strabo. Geographica. Vol. xiv. pp. 666, et seq. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
- Pliny. Naturalis Historia. Vol. 5.26.
- Ptolemy. The Geography. Vol. 5.5.2.
- Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 65, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.
- Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Olbia". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
36°52′45″N 30°39′31″E / 36.879103°N 30.658713°E / 36.879103; 30.658713
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