Apamea — ܐܘܦܡܝܐ
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Apamea; ܐܘܦܡܝܐ; ܐܘܦܰܡܝܰܐ; ܩܰܠܥܗ̈ ܐܠܡܨ̇ܝܩ; آفامية; فامية; قلعة المضيق; Qalʿat al-Madīq; أَفَامِيَة; Qalat al-Madīq; Qal‘at al-Madīq
One of the earliest Hellenistic city foundations in Syria, Apamea, situated on the Orontes ca. 90 km. south of Antioch, from the 2nd cent. onwards was an important center of Middle- and Neo-Platonist philosophy.
38. Apamea
ܡܕܝܢܬܳܐ ܗܘܳܬ ܪܰܒܬܐ ܕܰܠܓܰܪܒܰܝ ܡܰܕܢܰܚ ܚܡܳܬ ܘܚܰܪܝܒܳܐ ܗܳܫܐ ܘܡܶܬܐܶܡܰܪ ܠܗ̇ ܩܰܠܥܗ̈ ܐܠܡܨ̇ܝܩ.
مدينة كانت كبيرة في الشمال الشرقي من حماة وهي الآن خربة يقال لها قلعة المضيق
once a large city northeast of Ḥama, it is now in ruins and is called Qalʿat al-Madīq.
location: 35.418 36.398
event: 1224/1228
Attestation of name أَفَامِيَة in the Muʿjam al-buldān of Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī.
state: 0200–0709
identifier: http://syriaca.org/place/11
identifier: http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/668335
identifier: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apamea_(Syria)
identifier: http://dbpedia.org/resource/Apamea_(Syria)
identifier: http://www.csc.org.il/db/browse.aspx?db=SB&sL=A&sK=Apamea&sT=keywords
L. Van Rompay 38. Apamea The Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage 23-24
The Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage 23–24, 39, 44, 114, 210–211, 348, 442, 452 (fig. 6c) Map I A2
ܒܪ̈ܘܠܐ ܒܕܝܪ̈ܐ ܕܥܠ ܡܪܕܘܬ ܝܘܠܦܢ̈ܐ ܣܘܪ̈ܝܝܐ ܗܕܝܪ̈ܐ 536
كتاب اللؤلؤ المنثور في تاريخ العلوم والأداب السريانية 504
The Scattered Pearls: A History of Syriac Literature and Sciences 551
The Comprehensive Bibliography on Syriac Christianity Apamea
Muʿjam al-buldān Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī I:269