Celaenae
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The Histories
Phrygian city at the source of the Maeander river, site of the legend of Marsyas' skin and of Pythius' hospitality to Xerxes' army.
When they had crossed the river Halys and entered Phrygia, they marched through that country to Celaenae, where rises the source of the river Maeander and of another river no smaller, which is called Cataractes;
Anabasis
Large Phrygian city containing royal palaces, parkland, river sources, and a review site.
its sources are beneath the palace, and it flows through the city of Celaenae also.
There is likewise a palace of the Great King in Celaenae, strongly fortified and situated at the foot of the Acropolis over the sources of the Marsyas river;
It was here also, report has it, that Xerxes, when he was on his retreat from Greece after losing the famous battle, built the palace just mentioned and likewise the citadel of Celaenae.