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== Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_52906" /> == | == Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_52906" /> == | ||
<p> <strong> [[Myndus]] </strong> was a city in [[Caria]] at the extremity of the peninsula on which [[Halicarnassus]] lay. It was strong enough to resist an assault of Alexander, but played no great part in history. It is mentioned separately in 1Ma 15:23 as one of the places to which, in b.c. 139, the Romans sent messages on behalf of the Jews. Hence it is assumed that it was independent of the Carian confederacy; and its native population seems to have descended from the race of the Leleges, and to have always maintained its independence against the Carians. </p> <p> | <p> <strong> [[Myndus]] </strong> was a city in [[Caria]] at the extremity of the peninsula on which [[Halicarnassus]] lay. It was strong enough to resist an assault of Alexander, but played no great part in history. It is mentioned separately in 1Ma 15:23 as one of the places to which, in b.c. 139, the Romans sent messages on behalf of the Jews. Hence it is assumed that it was independent of the Carian confederacy; and its native population seems to have descended from the race of the Leleges, and to have always maintained its independence against the Carians. </p> <p> A. E. Hillard. </p> | ||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_52148" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_52148" /> == | ||
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== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_6460" /> == | == International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_6460" /> == | ||
<p> ''''' min´dus ''''' ( Μύνδος , <i> ''''' Múndos ''''' </i> ): | <p> ''''' min´dus ''''' ( Μύνδος , <i> ''''' Múndos ''''' </i> ): A city of Asia Minor, situated at the extreme western end of a peninsula jutting into the sea (see Caria ). It seems that the city was independent at an early date and that many [[Jews]] lived there, for according to 1 Maccabees 15:23 , it was one of the several places to which the Roman senate, in the year 139 BC, sent a letter in their behalf. The place was important only because of the silver mines in its vicinity. The mines were worked from a very early period, even to the Middle Ages, and have therefore given to the place the modern Turkish name, Gumushlu, meaning a silver mine. </p> | ||
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