Porsuk
| Author:Laxman Burdak, IFS (R) |
Porsuk, ancient Tembris[1], is a river in Turkey, that flows for 448 km. The Porsuk River flows into the Sakarya River near the town of Polatlı, ancient Gordium.
Variants
- Porsuk River
- Kocasu-Porsuk River (Turkish: Porsuk Çayı, Kocasu-Porsuk Çayı)
- Tembrogius (Pliny.vi.1)
- Tembris[2]
History
The city of Eskişehir is sited on the banks of this river. The river is dammed by the Porsuk dam forming large reservoirs. The Porsuk flows into the Sakarya River near the town of Polatlı, ancient Gordium.
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Mention by Pliny
Pliny[3] mentions....After passing the mouth of the Bosporus we come to the river Rhebas9, by some writers called the Rhesus. We next come to Psillis10, the port of Calpas11, and the Sagaris12, a famous river, which rises in Phrygia and receives the waters of other rivers of vast magnitude, among which are the Tembrogius13 and the Gallus14, the last of which is by many called the Sangarius.
9 Now the Riva, a river of Bithynia, in Asia Minor, falling into the Euxine north-east of Chalcedon.
10 Probably an obscure town.
11 On the river Calpas or Calpe, in Bithynia. Xenophon, in the Anabasis, describes it as about half way between Byzantium and Heraclea. The spot is identified in some of the maps as Kirpeh Limán, and the promontory as Cape Kirpeh.
12 Still known as the Sakaria.
13 Now called the Sursak, according to Parisot.
14 Now the Lef-ke. See the end of c. 42 of the last Book.
References
- ↑ Nicholson, Oliver, ed. (2018). "Tembris Valley". The Oxford Dictionary of Late Antiquity. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780191744457.
- ↑ Nicholson, Oliver, ed. (2018). "Tembris Valley". The Oxford Dictionary of Late Antiquity. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780191744457.
- ↑ Natural History by Pliny Book VI/Chapter 1
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