Holmi

{{Short description|Greek harbor town of Cilicia}} {{for|the town of ancient Phrygia|Holmi (Phrygia)}}

'''Holmi''' or '''Holmoi''' ({{langx|grc|Ὅλμοι}}), or '''Holmia''',<ref>{{Cite Pliny|5.22}}</ref> also possibly called '''Hermia''', was a Greek<ref>[https://topostext.org/work/102#102 Pseudo Scylax, Periplous, §102]</ref> 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.<ref>[https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0099.tlg001.perseus-grc1:14.5.4 Strabo, Geography, §14.5.4]</ref><ref>[https://topostext.org/work/241#O490.5 Stephanus of Byzantium, Ethnica, §O490.5]</ref>

Its site is located near Taşucu in Asiatic Turkey.<ref name=Barrington>{{Barrington Atlas|page=66}}</ref><ref>{{Cite DARE|30286}}</ref>

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{{Former settlements in Turkey}} {{Authority control}}

Category:Populated places in ancient Cilicia Category:Former populated places in Turkey Category:History of Mersin Province Category:Greek colonies in Anatolia

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