Mallus
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MALLUS

mal'-us (Mallos; the King James Version, Mallos): A city in Cilicia, the inhabitants of which along with those of Tarsus, revolted from Antiochus Epiphanes in protest against his action in giving them to his concubine, Antiochis (2 Maccabees 4:30). The ancient name was Marlos. The river Pyramos divides about 10 miles from the sea, one branch flowing to the West, the other to the East of the low range of hills along the coast on which stands Kara-Tash. Mallus stood on a height (Strabo, 675) to the East of the western arm, a short distance from the shore. The site is a little West of Kara-Tash, where inscriptions of Antiocheia and Mallus have been found. Tarsus lay about 35 miles to the Northwest. The two cities were rivals in trade. The position of Mallus with her harbor on the shore gave her really no advantage over Tarsus, with her river navigable to the city walls. The fine wagon road over the mountain by way of the Cilician Gates opened for her easy access to the interior, compared with that furnished for Mallus by the old caravan track to the North by way of Adana. This sufficiently explains the greater prosperity of the former city.

W. Ewing

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Diversity of Dreams and visions Epicurus Thought Lightly of Them ...
... The whole world is full of oracles of this description: there are the oracles of
Amphiaraus at Oropus, of Amphilochus at Mallus, of Sarpedon in the Troad, of ...
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Mallus
... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia MALLUS. ...Mallus stood on a height (Strabo, 675)
to the East of the western arm, a short distance from the shore. ...
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Menelaus
... deputy high priest. The king was called from his capital to suppress an
insurrection of Tarsus and Mallus. Menelaus took advantage ...
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Malobathron

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Mal'luchi (1 Occurrence)
Mal'luchi. Malluchi, Mal'luchi. Mallus . ... Nehemiah 12:14 Of Malluchi, Jonathan;
of Shebaniah, Joseph; (See RSV). Malluchi, Mal'luchi. Mallus . Reference ...
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Antiochis
... ANTIOCHIS. an-ti'-o-kis (Antiochis): A concubine of Antiochus Epiphanes who had
presented her with the two Cilician cities, Tarsus and Mallus. ...
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Tarsus (5 Occurrences)
... In 2 Maccabees 4:30 we read that, about 171 "it came to pass that they of Tarsus
and Mallus made insurrection, because they were to be given as a present to ...
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Mallos
Mallos. Mallet, Mallos. Mallothi . Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia MALLOS.
mal'-os, See MALLUS. Mallet, Mallos. Mallothi . Reference Bible.
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