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Opius

Ὀπιοῦς

Opius (Ὀπιοῦς), a small port-town on the coast of Pontus, probably on or near the mouth of the river Ophis. (Ptol. 5.6.6; Tab. Peutíng.) It is placed 120 stadia west of the river Rhizius, although its name seems to indicate that it was situated further west, near the river Ophis.

From William Smith (ed.), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. Text provided under a CC BY-SA license by Perseus Digital Library, http://www.perseus.tufts.edu, with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities and Tufts University. Data accessed from https://github.com/PerseusDL/canonical-pdlrefwk/ on 17 October 2026.