[4148] Also called Pergama or Pergamus. Its ruins are to be seen at the modern Pergamo or Bergamo. It was the capital of the kingdom of Pergamus, and situate in the Teuthranian district of Mysia, on the northern bank of the river Caïcus. Under its kings, its library almost equalled that of Alexandria, and the formation of it gave rise to the invention of parchment, as a writing material, which was thence called Charta Pergamena. This city was an early seat of Christianity, and is one of the seven churches of Asia to whom the Apocalyptic Epistles are addressed. Its ruins are still to be seen.
[4149] At the beginning of the preceding Chapter.
[4150] The people of Thyatira, mentioned in B. v. c. [31].
[4151] The people of Mygdonia, a district between Mount Olympus and the coast, in the east of Mysia and the west of Bithynia.
[4152] “The people of the Holy Village.” Hierocome is mentioned by Livy as situate beyond the river Mæander.
[4153] The people of Attalia, mentioned in C. [32].
[4154] Previously mentioned in the present Chapter.
[4155] Or “the Table.” Now known as Capo de Janisseri.
[4156] Also called the Milyæ, probably of the Syro-Arabian race; they were said to have been the earliest inhabitants of Lycia.
[4157] The Leleges are now considered to have been a branch of the great Indo-Germanic race, who gradually became incorporated with the Hellenic race, and thus ceased to exist as an independent people.