Epiphanea

Epiphanēa (-īa), ae, f. (Ἐπιφάνεια), eine Stadt an der Südgrenze Ciliciens, früher Oeniandos, j. Serfandacar, Cic. ep. 15, 4, 7 sq. Plin. 5, 93.

Ĕpĭphănēa (-īa), æ, f. , Épiphanée ou Épiphanie, ville de Cilicie : Cic. Fam. 15, 4, 7 || -nēnsis, e, dʼÉpiphanie [de Syrie] : Inscr. || -nēnsēs, ium, m. , habitants dʼÉpiphanie : Plin.

Epiphanēa

(Ἐπιφάνεια). (1) A town of Cilicia Campestris, southeast of Anazarbus, and situated on the small river Carsus, near the range of Mount Amanus (Plin. H. N. v. 27).

(2) A city of Syria, on the Orontes, below Apamea. Its Oriental and true name was Hamath, and it was reckoned by the people of the East one of the most magnificent cities in the world, having been founded, as they imagined, by Hamath, one of the sons of Canaan. Allusion is frequently made to Hamath in the Old Testament. (Cf. Gen. x. 18; 2 Sam. viii. 9; 2 Kings, xlviii. 34.) Its name was changed to Epiphanea, in honour of Antiochus Epiphanes.