Cyzicus (Greek Κύζικος): Mysian town in the Propontis. The closest modern village is Aşağıyapıcı, the nearest modern city is Erdek.
History
A sixth-century kouros from Cyzicus
According to legend, founded by Pelasgians or Argonauts; in fact eighth-century Milesian settlers on their way to the Black Sea (traditionally 757 BCE)
Two ports on the sandy isthmus of the Arctonessus, the "island of bears" (Kapıdağ Peninsula)
Hellenistic period: causeway to the mainland (perhaps natural causes - the real job must have been keeping the channel open)
330 BCE: Callipus of Cyzicus improves the Greek calendar
278 BCE: Galatian attacks. Cyzicus seeks and receives support from the Pergamene Empire.note[IG XI 4.1105.] Its crown prince, later king, Attalus I Soter married to a woman from Cyzicus, Apollonis.
