Caicus

Caīcus, ī, m.: Caicus, commander of one of the ships of Aeneas, 1.183.

Căīcus (Căȳcus, Ov. M. 12, 111), i, m., = Κάικος.

• A river of Greater Mysia, which takes its rise on Mt. Teuthras, passes near Pergamus, and flows into the sea opposite Lesbos; now the Bakhir Tchai, Cic. Fl. 29, 72; Liv. 37, 18, 6; Mel. 1, 18, 1; Plin. 5, 30, 32, § 121; Verg. G. 4, 370; Ov. M. 2, 243; 15, 278; Luc. 3, 203.—
• II One of the companions of Aeneas, Verg. A. 1, 183; 9, 35.

Caīcus, ī, m. (Κάϊκος), I) Fluß in Großmysien, der am Fuße des Temnus in Teuthrania entspringt, südlich fließt, sich bei Pergamum mit dem Mysus od. Mysius (der auch auf dem Temnus entspringt, weshalb Ov. met. 15, 277 den Caicus für den Mysus in seinem obern Lauf hält) vereinigt, dann westlich strömt u. sich in den Sinus Eleaticus ergießt, j. Bakirtschai (= Kupferfluß), Verg. georg. 4, 370. Cic. Flacc. 72: C. Teuthranteus, Ov. met. 2, 243. – II) ein Troer, Verg. Aen. 1, 183 u. 9, 35.

Căīcus, (14) ī, m. , ¶ 1 fleuve de Mysie : Cic. Fl. 72 ¶ 2 un des compagnons dʼÉnée : Virg. En. 1, 183.

CAICUS

CAICUS(Κάϊκος), a river of Mysia (Hdt. 6.28; 7.42), first mentioned by Hesiod (Hes. Th. 343), who, as well as the other poets, fixes the quantity of the penultimate syllable:

Saxosumque sonans Hypanis, Mysusque Caicus. Virg. Geory. 4.370.

Strabo (p. 616) says that the sources of the Caicus are in a plain, which plain is separated by the range of Temnus from the plain of Apia, and that the plain of Apia lies above the plain of Thebe in the interior. He adds, there also flows from Tetanus a river Mysius, which joins the Caicus below its source. The Caicus enters the sea 30 stadia from Pitane, and south of the Caicus is Elaea, 12 stadia from the river: Elaea was the port of Pergamum, which was on the Caicus, 120 stadia from Elaea. (Strab. p. 615.) At the source of the Caicus, according to Strabo, was a place called Gergitha. The course of this river is not well known; nor is it easy to assign the proper names to the branches laid down in the ordinary maps. The modern name of the Caicus is said to be Ak-suor Bakir. Leake (Asia Minor, p. 269) infers from the direction of L. Scipio's march (Liv. 37.37) from Troy to the Hyrcanian plain, that the north-eastern branch of the river of Beryma(Pergamum) which flows by Menduria(Gergitha?) and Balikesri(Caesareia) is that which was anciently called Caicus;and he makes the Mysius join it on the right bank. He adds of the name of the southern branch (which is represented in our maps) I have not found any trace in extant history.The Caicus as it seems is formed by two streams which meet between 30 and 40 miles above its mouth, and it drains an extensive and fertile country. Cramer (Asia Minor, vol. 1. p. 135) misinterprets Strabo when he says that the plains watered by the Caicus were at a very early period called Tenthrania. It is singular that the valley of the Caicus has not been more completely examined.

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Caïcus

(Καϊκός). A river of Mysia, rising in Mount Temnus and flowing past Pergamus into the Cumaean Gulf.

Caicus Caicus, river at Pergamus

• Hdt. 6.28, Hdt. 7.42, Paus. 1.10.4, Paus. 5.13.3, Paus. 5.24.6, Paus. 7.16.1, Paus. 8.4.9, Paus. 9.18.4, Paus. 10.25.10
• plain of: Paus. 5.24.6, Paus. 8.45.7, Paus. 9.5.14