It on the north side of Mount Arganthonius (Samanli Daği), and at the southern entrance of the Sinus Astacenus.
Stephanus of Byzantium calls it Pronectus or Pronektos (Πρόνεκτος) and states that it was founded by the Phoenicians.
If this be true, it would be a very ancient place, which can scarcely be conceived, as it is mentioned only by very late writers.
[3] It was a bishopric; no longer the seat of a residential bishop, it remains a titular see of the Roman Catholic Church.
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