Holmi

{{Short description|Greek harbor town of Cilicia}}

{{for|the town of ancient Phrygia|Holmi (Phrygia)}}

Holmi or Holmoi ({{langx|grc|Ὅλμοι}}), or Holmia,{{Cite Pliny|5.22}} also possibly called Hermia, was a Greek[https://topostext.org/work/102#102 Pseudo Scylax, Periplous, §102] town of Cilicia Tracheia with a harbor, a little to the south-west of Seleucia ad Calycadnum. When Seleucia ad Calycadnum was founded, the inhabitants of Holmi migrated there.[https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0099.tlg001.perseus-grc1:14.5.4 Strabo, Geography, §14.5.4][https://topostext.org/work/241#O490.5 Stephanus of Byzantium, Ethnica, §O490.5]

Its site is located near Taşucu in Asiatic Turkey.{{Cite Barrington|66}}{{Cite DARE|30286}}

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Category:Populated places in ancient Cilicia

Category:Former populated places in Turkey

Category:History of Mersin Province

Category:Greek colonies in Anatolia

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