Pergamum
[pur-guh-muh m]
- an ancient Greek kingdom on the coast of Asia Minor: later a Roman province.
- the ancient capital of this kingdom; now the site of Bergama, in W Turkey.
- ancient name of Bergama.
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Also Per·ga·mon [pur-guh-muh n, -mon] /ˈpɜr gə mən, -ˌmɒn/, Per·ga·mus [pur-guh-muh s] /ˈpɜr gə məs/, Per·ga·mos [pur-guh-muh s, -mos] /ˈpɜr gə məs, -ˌmɒs/.
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This may ye se in the epistles of the churche of Pergamos and Thiatira.
Galen of Pergamos: an eminent physician of the time of Trajan.
The Browning CyclopdiaEdward Berdoe
The town subsists at this day, and retains the name of Pergamos.
A Dialogue Concerning Oratory, Or The Causes Of Corrupt EloquenceCornelius Tacitus
Plutarch assures us, that the library at Pergamos contained two hundred thousand volumes.
A Dialogue Concerning Oratory, Or The Causes Of Corrupt EloquenceCornelius Tacitus
Here the divine Priest stands in a judicial attitude with respect to His house at Pergamos.
Notes on the Book of LeviticusC. H. Mackintosh
Pergamum
- an ancient city in NW Asia Minor, in Mysia: capital of a major Hellenistic monarchy of the same name that later became a Roman province
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