Pessinus (Greek: Πεσσινούς or Πισσινούς) was an Ancient city and archbishopric in Asia Minor, a geographical area roughly covering modern Anatolia (Asian Turkey). The site of the city is now the modern Turkish village of Ballıhisar , in a tributary valley of the Sakarya River on the high Anatolian plateau at ca. 950 m above ...

培希努（Pessinus）是位於土耳其 小亞細亞北方的一座城，希腊神话中弗里吉亚国王弥达斯曾在此為其母库柏勒建了座神廟。库柏勒被羅馬人視為眾神之母。

…her cult centre was at Pessinus, located on the slopes of Mount Dindymus, or Agdistis (hence her names Dindymene and Agdistis). The existence, however, of many similar non-Phrygian deities indicates that she was merely the Phrygian form of the nature deity of all Asia Minor.

There were many representations of Cybele in the ancient world, but there was one that was more revered than the rest and, astonishingly, it was a meteorite. The celebrated stone-goddess resided at Pessinus, a city whose ancient place name means ‘falling down’, a reference to the extraterrestrial origins of its goddess.

5 天之前 · Pessinus experienced its most glorious period during the reign of Roman Emperor Augustus (27 BC – 14 AD). The magnificent temple, whose construction began after Augustus’ death, was completed during the reign of Emperor Tiberius. The city, which housed Cybele’s main temple, became a temple city by hosting ceremonies held for the mother ...

Pessinus (Greek: Πεσσινούς or Πισσινούς) was an Ancient city in Asia Minor, a geographical area roughly covering modern Anatolia (Asian Turkey) on the upper course of the river Sangarios (Sakarya River). Pessinus is the present modern Turkish village of …

培希努（Pessinus）是位于 土耳其 小亚细亚 北方的一座城， 希腊神话 中 弗里吉亚 国王 弥达斯 曾在此为其母 库柏勒 建了座神庙。 库柏勒被罗马人视为众神之母。 培希努（Pessinus）是位于土耳其小亚细亚北方的一座城，希腊神话中弗里吉亚国王弥达斯曾在此为其母库柏勒建了座神庙。

Pessinus of Phrygian origin, which was an important Galatia city during the Roman Imperial Period, started to lose its importance in the 9th century A.D and was completely abandoned after a few centuries. The artifacts unearthed from the excavation are exhibited in the open air exhibition in Ballıhisar Village and in our museum.

Pessinus was an Ancient city and archbishopric in Asia Minor, a geographical area roughly covering modern Anatolia. The site of the city is now the modern Turkish village of Ballıhisar, in a tributary valley of the Sakarya River on the high Anatolian plateau at ca. 950 m above sea level, 13 km from the small town of Sivrihisar.

PESSINUS (HE (Tatvo13, HEawovs), an ancient city of Galatia in Asia Minor, situated on the lowest southern slope of Mt Dindymus, on the left bank of the river Sangarius, not far from its source. The ruins, discovered by Texier, lie round the …