CE´RASAE
CE´RASAE or
CERASSAE (
Κέρασσαι, in Lydia, is mentioned by Nonnus (13.468) as a wine country. Major Keppel observed remains near
Sirghie, which is opposite to Bagae. [BAGAE.] There were bishops of Cerasae (Cramer,
Asia Minor, vol. i. p. 455); and as it was a Lydian bishopric,
Sirghie may, as Cramer conjectures, be
Cerasae. There is some resemblance between the names.
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