Editing Cilix (section)

==Cilicia==
[[image:THE ILLIAD OF HOMER (translated by POPE) p1.313 PHRYGIA.jpg|515x515px|thumb|Aegean Cilicia or Mysian Cilicia, South of [[Mount Ida (Turkey)|Mt. İda]]]]
[[image:Heinrich Kiepert. Asia citerior.Cilicia.jpg|300px|thumb|Cilicia, North [[Levant]]|left]]

=== Levantine Cilicia ===
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[[Cilicia]], mythically, quickly grew from Cilix's home to a full province. Historically, Cilicia was a part of the ancient Roman Empire on the southeast portion of Asia Minor. It was settled from the Neolithic period onwards. The terrain, mostly rugged, is bounded by the Mediterranean Sea on the south and mountains on to the north and east. Cilicia was a neighbor of Lycia. The Cilicians and Lycians did not have good character according to the Greeks, and they fought each other as well as Greeks passing on the coast of the Mediterranean often. 
The land has biblical influences as well. Its capital, Tarsus, is the famous birthplace of Paul the Apostle. When news of Christianity reached Cilicia, Paul came and founded churches on the land. There are numerous mention of Cilicia in the Bible, particularly in Acts 6-23. Acts 15:41 describes Paul the Apostle coming back to Cilicia, saying "And he went through Syria and Cilicia, blessing the churches". Paul also passed by Cilicia on his sea voyage to Rome as a prisoner. 
In Martin P. Nilsson's book ''The Mycenean Origin of Greek Mythology'', Nilsson mentions Cilicia and Lycia from an archaeological standpoint. The lands are known now more from a mythical rather than a physical way. Not many artifacts have been found there, but Nilsson refers to a [[Einar Gjerstad]] who had been to the land.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Gjerstad |first=Einar |url=https://libris.kb.se/bib/2995743 |title=Cilician studies |date=1934 |publisher=Librairie Ernest Leroux |location=Paris}}</ref> He writes "Unhappily this country is almost unknown archaeologically. But Dr. Gjerstad who visited Cilicia recently informs me that there is evidence of Mycenean colonization in this district". But as ''The Mycenean Origin of Greek Mythology'' was published in 1932, more artifacts may have been found.

=== Aegean Cilicia ===
The area is coastal plain in the East of [[Edremit Gulf|Adramytteion Gulf]], between [[Troad|Troas]] and [[Aeolis]], Aegean cost of [[Mysia]]. Similar with Cilix's brother Cadmus who built a city name [[Thebes, Greece|Thebes]] in [[Beotia]]; there is a city called [[Cilician Thebe|Thebe]] in this region. The region is much more close to Greek island [[Thasos]]. [[Pseudo-Apollodoros]] stated that Cilix settled near [[Phoenicia]] around the [[Pyramus (river)|Pyramus]], meaning in Levantine Cilicia.<ref name="Apollodorus, Bibliotheca, 3. 1. 1" />