Pityeia
Πιτύεια
Pityeia (Πιτύεια: Eth. Πιτυεύς), a town of Mysia, on the coast of the Propontis, between Parium and Priapus. It is mentioned even in the time of Homer. (Il. 2.829; comp. Apollon. 1.933; Strab. 13.588; Steph. B. sub voce It is said to have derived its name from the firs which grew there in abundance, and is generally identified with the modern Shamelik.
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.