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Arisba or Arisbe (; Eth. Ἀρισβαίος), was a town of Mysia, mentioned by Homer in the same line with Sestos and Abydus.Homer, Iliad 2.837 It was between Percote and Abydus,Stephanus of Byzantium, Ethnica Ἀρίσβη a colony of Mytilene, founded by Astyanax and Ascanius, son of Aeneas. It was a member of the Delian League. Athenian Tribute Lists
The army of Alexander the Great mustered here after crossing the Dardanelles.Arrian, The Anabasis of Alexander 1.12 When the wandering Galli passed over into Asia, on the invitation of Attalus I, they occupied Arisba, but were soon defeated, in 216 BCE, by Prusias I of Bithynia.Pol. 5.111 In Strabo's time, the place was almost forgotten.
There are coins of Arisbe from the Roman emperor Trajan's time (early 2nd century), and also autonomous coins.
Its site is tentatively located at Musakoy in Anatolia.
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