Editing Mysia (section)

== History ==
[[File:Coin of Mysia 4th century BCE.jpg|thumb|left|Coin of Mysia, 4th century BC]]
A minor episode in the [[Trojan War]] cycle in [[Greek mythology]] has the Greek fleet land at Mysia, mistaking it for [[Troy]]. [[Achilles]] wounds their king, [[Telephus]], after he slays a Greek; Telephus later pleads with Achilles to heal the wound. This coastal region ruled by Telephus is alternatively named "Teuthrania" in Greek mythology, as it was previously ruled by King [[Teuthras]]. In the ''[[Iliad]]'', [[Homer]] represents the Mysians as allies of Troy, with the Mysian forces led by [[Ennomus]] (a prophet) and [[Chromius (son of Arsinous)|Chromius]], sons of [[Arsinoos (disambiguation)|Arsinous]]. Homeric Mysia appears to have been much smaller in extent than historical Mysia, and did not extend north to the Hellespont or the Propontis. [[Homer]] does not mention any cities or landmarks in Mysia, and it is not clear exactly where Homeric Mysia was situated, although it was probably{{original research inline|date=January 2019}} located somewhere between the [[Troad]] (to the northwest of Mysia) and Lydia/Maeonia (to its south).

A number of Mysian inscriptions have survived in a dialect of the [[Phrygian language]], written using a variant of the [[Phrygian alphabet]]. There are also a small number of references to a [[Lutescan language]] indigenous to Mysia in [[Aeolic Greek]] sources.<ref>Titchener, J.B. (1926), ''Synopsis of Greek and Roman Civilization'', Cambridge MA</ref>

[[File:MYSIA, Adramyteion. Orontes, Satrap of Mysia. Circa 357-352 BC.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|Coin of [[Orontes I|Orontes]] as [[Satrap]] of Mysia, Adramyteion – {{circa}} 357–352 BC]]
[[File:MYSIA, Lampsakos. Memnon of Rhodes. Mid 4th century BC.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|Coinage of [[Memnon of Rhodes]], Mysia. Mid-4th century BC]]
Under the Persian [[Achaemenid Empire]], the northwest corner of Asia Minor, still occupied by Phrygians but mainly by [[Aeolians]], was called "Phrygia Minor" – and by the Greeks "Hellespontos".

After Rome's defeat of [[Antiochus the Great]] in the [[Roman-Syrian War]] of 192 to 188 BC, the area, which had been held by the [[Diadoch]] [[Seleucid Empire]], passed to Rome's ally, the [[Attalid kingdom]], and, on the death of King [[Attalus III]] in 133 BC, to Rome itself, which made it part of the [[Asia (Roman province)|province of Asia]]<ref name=EB1911/> and, later, a separate proconsular [[Roman province]], called "'''Hellespontus'''".<ref name=Smith>[https://books.google.com/books?id=5_oGAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA464 William Smith, ''New Classical Dictionary of Biography, Mythology, and Geography'', entry: "Mysia"]</ref>

According to the [[Acts of the Apostles]],<ref>{{bibleverse||Acts|16:7–8|NKJV}}</ref> the apostles [[Paul the Apostle|Paul]], [[Silas]] and [[Saint Timothy|Timothy]] came to (or passed by) <ref>Acts 16:7 states {{langx|el|ελθοντες κατα την μυσιαν}}, 'to Mysia' in most [[English translations of the bible|English translations]], whereas Acts 16:8 states {{langx|el|παρελθοντες δε την μυσιαν}}, generally translated 'passing by Mysia' and in some cases 'bypassing Mysia', e.g. [[Holman Christian Standard Bible]]; all references taken from [[BibleGateway.com]] accessed 23 September 2015</ref> Mysia during Paul's second [[Missionary journeys of Paul|missionary journey]]. The narrative suggests that they were uncertain where to travel during this part of the journey, being "forbidden by the Holy Spirit to preach the word in [[Asia-Minor|Asia]]".<ref>
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Shortly afterwards Paul had a vision of a "[[man of Macedonia]]" who invited the apostles to travel westwards to [[Macedonia (Greece)|Macedonia]].