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Encyclopedia Britannica



PERGA (mod. Murtana)

This article appears in Volume V21, Page 142 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: PAS-PER
PERGA (mod. Murtana) , an ancient city of
Pamphylia
 , situated about 8 m. inland, at the junction of a small stream (Sari Su) with the Cestrus. It was a centre of native influences as contrasted with the Greek, which were predominant in Attalia, and it was a
great
  seat of the
worship
  of " Queen " Artemis, here represented as a human-headed
cone
  and a purely Anatolian nature goddess. There Paul and Barnabas began their first mission in Asia
Minor
  (Acts ix. 13). A much frequented route into Phrygia and the Maeander valley began at Perga, and Alexander made it the starting-point of his invasion of inner Asia
Minor
 . Long the metropolis of
Pamphylia
  Secunda, it was superseded in Byzantine times by its port, Attalia, which became a metropolis in Io84. The extensive ruins all lie in the plain
south
  of the
Acropolis
 . The walls are well preserved, but of
late
  Roman or Byzantine reconstruction. The lines of intersecting streets can be easily made out, and there are ruins of two sets of baths, two basilicas and a forum. But the most notable monument is the theatre, which lies outside the walls on the
south
 -west, near the stadium. This is as perfect as those of
Myra
  and Patara, but larger than either, and yields the palm only to those of Aspendus and Side. Modern Murtana is a large
village
 , long under the dominion of the Dere Beys of the Tekke Oglu family.
See C. Lanckoronski, Villes de la Pamphylie et de la Pisidie, vol. i. (189o); Sir W. M. Ramsay, Church in the Roman Empire (1893). (D. G. H.)


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