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title: On the Foundation of Tarsus
title_greek: Ἀπόσπασμα
author: Dionysius the Thracian
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period: Hellenistic
dialect: Attic
domain: Grammar
format: Collection
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# On the Foundation of Tarsus

*Ἀπόσπασμα*

**Author:** Dionysius the Thracian

**eul_wid:** `mui-ad` · [HTML page](https://eulogikon.org/works/dionysius-thrace-foundation-tarsus-mui-ad)

## Text

### 3b,512,F 1

STEPH. BYZ. s. v. Ταρσός· ἐπισημοτάτη πόλις Κιλικίας, ἣν διὰ τοῦ ε ἔλεγον Τερσὸν παρὰ τὸ τερσανθῆναι, ὅ ἐστιν ἀναξηρανθῆναι ..... Διονύσιος δὲ ὁ Θρᾶιξ ἐν τῶι Περὶ Ῥόδου ἀπὸ τῆς τοῦ Βελλεροφόντου πτώσεως· μέρος γάρ τι τοῦ ποδὸς ταρσὸν καλεῖσθαι, τῆς ἐκείνου χωλείας ὑπόμνημα ποιουμένων τῶν ἀρχαίων.

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