Apollonos Hieron (, "Temple of Apollo") APOLLONOS HIERON in William Smith, Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854) (John Murray, Albemarle Street, 1854). was an ancient city of Lydia.
Location It was located about 300 stadia from Pergamon on a hill,John Anthony Cramer, A geographical and historical description of Asia Minor, Volume 1 (The University Press, 1832) p455. but its exact location is unknown.T. Drew Bear , Apollonos Hieron.
The inhabitants of the village of Buldan hold that their town is the location History of our town, Buldan . of Apollonos Hieron. However, Buldan is known to be the site of Tripolis, and both cities sent separate delegates to the Council of Chalcedon. RamsaySir William Mitchell Ramsay, The Cities and Bishoprics of Phrygia: Being an Essay of the Local History of Phrygia from the Earliest Times to the Turkish Conquest, Volume 2 (Clarendon Press, 1897) p178-179. believed that both cities were adjacent to each other and this may explain why Pliny thought the name of Tripolis had previously been Apollonos. He more generally puts it in the Plain of Philadelphia, in the Lykos River Valley.W. M. Ramsay, The Historical Geography of Asia Minor p124.
Apollonos Hieron was known for its temple,Alexander MacBean, Samuel Johnson,A Dictionary of Ancient Geography: Explaining the Local Appellations in Sacred, Grecian, and Roman History (G. Robinson, 1773) pA-P.John Anthony Cramer, A geographical and historical description of Asia Minor, Volume 1 (The University Press, 1832) p 454. and is mentioned by Pliny,Pliny (5.29).Alexander MacBean, Samuel Johnson,A Dictionary of Ancient Geography: Explaining the Local Appellations in Sacred, Grecian, and Roman History (G. Robinson, 1773) pA-P. who describes it as small. It is possibly mentioned by AristidesAristides, 1. and Strabo.John Anthony Cramer, A geographical description of Asia Minor Vol.1 (The University Press, 1832), p. 455. Apollonos Hieron minted its own coins, Ancient Coinage of Lydia, Apollonoshieron. Coin of Apollonos Hieron at Yale University Art Gallery.W. M. Ramsay,The Historical Geography of Asia Minor (Cambridge University Press, 2010) p120. of which there are today many examples.
Bishopric Apollonos Hieron was also the seat of a bishopricHierocles, Synecdemus p670. and remains a titular see in the Roman Catholic Church. Apollonos-Hieron (Titular See) at Catholic heriachy.org. Bishop Leucius of Apollonos Hieron signed at the Council of Chalcedon.Richard Price, Michael Gaddis, The Acts of the Council of Chalcedon, Volume 1(Liverpool University Press, 2005) p104.
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