Philocaleia
Φιλοκάλεια
Philocaleia (Φιλοκάλεια), a town on the coast of Pontus Cappadocius, 90 stadia to the east of Argyria, and 100 to the west of Coralla. (Arrian, Peripl. Pont. Eux. p. 17; Anonym. Peripl. P. E. p. 13; Plin. Nat. 6.4.) Cramer (Asia Minor, i. p. 283) is inclined to identify it with the modern Helehou, about half-way between Keresoun and Trebizond, while Hamilton (Researches, i. p. 254) seeks its site near the promontory of Kara Bouroun, where a large river falls into the sea, which is more in accordance with Pliny's words.
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.