Gangra

GANGRA (Γάγγρα: Kiengareh, Kangreh, or Changeri), a town of Paphlagonia, to the south of Mount Olgasys, and at a distance of 35 miles from Pompeiopolis, appears to have been a princely residence, for we know that Morzus or Morzeus, and afterwards Deiotarus, the last king of Paphlagonia, resided there. (Strab. 12. p. 564; comp. Liv. 38.26.) Strabo, notwithstanding this, describes it as only a small town and a garrison.A ccording to Alexander Polyhistor (ap. Steph. B. s. v. Γάγγρα), the town was built by a goatherd who had found one of his goats straying there; but this is probably a mere philological speculation, gangra signifying a goati n the Paphlagonian language. In the ecclesiastical writers Gangra is often mentioned as the metropolitan see of Paphlagonia. (Socrat. 2.43; Sozom. 3.14, and elsewhere.) The orchards of this town were celebrated for the excellence of their apples. (Athen. 3. p. 82.)

(Γάγγρα). A city of Paphlagonia, near the borders of Galatia. In the time of King Deiotarus (q.v.) it was a royal residence, and under the Empire, the capital of Paphlagonia.