Placia or Plakia or Placie or Plakie (Ancient Greek: Πλακίη), also known as Placa or Plaka or Place or Plake (Πλάκη),[1] was a town of ancient Mysia, on the coast of the Propontis, at the foot of the Mysian Olympus east of Cyzicus.
It was a Pelasgian town; in this place and the neighbouring Scylace, the Pelasgians, according to Herodotus, had preserved their ancient language down to his time.
[2] The town is mentioned in the Periplus of Pseudo-Scylax, and by Pomponius Mela,[3] Dionysius of Halicarnassus[4] and Pliny the Elder.
[5] Its site is tentatively located near Kurşunlu, in Bursa Province, Turkey.
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