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Cotyora

Also known as Kotyora

Cotyora (Kotyora) was an ancient Greek colony of Sinope on the Black Sea coast of north-eastern Anatolia, near modern Ordu in Turkey. Xenophon's Ten Thousand rested there in 400 BCE on their march home. It was taken by Pharnaces I of Pontus, who moved part of its population to his new city of Pharnacia, and it declined thereafter.

Cotyora
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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Cotyora. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/cotyora
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