Nymphaeum (Bithynia)

Nymphaeum or Nymphaion (Ancient Greek: Νύμφαιον or Νυμφαῖον) was a town on the eastern coast of ancient Bithynia located on the Black Sea, at a distance of 30 stadia west of the mouth of the Oxines,[1] or 45 stadia from Tyndaridae.[2]

For the town on the Bosphorus, see Nymphaeum (Bosphorus).

Its site is unlocated.[3]

References
  1. Arrian, Periplus Ponti Euxini, p. 14
  2. Anon. Periplus P. E., p. 4.
  3. Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 86, and directory notes accompanying.

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


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