Hierapolis

Hierapolis

Hierapolis ranks 8,912th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Fenghua, Ningbo, Lipno, Lipno County, and Kandy. Memorable people born in Hierapolis include Epictetus, Romanos III Argyros, and Papias of Hierapolis. Memorable people who died in Hierapolis include Matthew the Apostle, Philip the Apostle, and Philip the Evangelist. Hierapolis has been the birth place of many philosophers, and politicians and the death place of many religious figures. Hierapolis is located in Türkiye.

Hierapolis was a Hellenistic Greek city built on the site of a Phrygian cult center of the Anatolian mother goddess Cybele, in Phrygia in southwestern Anatolia, Turkey. It was famous for its hot springs, its high quality wool fabrics and dyes, and as the birthplace of the Stoic philosopher Epictetus. Its extensive remains are adjacent to modern Pamukkale in Turkey. Read more on Wikipedia