- Ταρσός
- Ταρσός, οῦ, ἡ (the sing. form of the name in Diod S 14, 20, 2; Strabo 14, 5, 9; Dio Chrys. 16 [33], 17; 17 [34], 46; Arrian, Anab. 2, 4, 7; Joseph., ins) Tarsus, capital of Cilicia in southeast Asia Minor (Diod S, loc. cit., μεγίστη τῶν ἐν Κιλικίᾳ πόλεων) famous as a seat of Gk. learning Ac 9:30; 11:25; 21:39 D; 22:3 (Τ. τῆς Κιλικίας as Diod S 20, 108, 2; Xenophon Eph. 2, 13, 5; Jos., Ant. 9, 208).—WRamsay, The Cities of St. Paul 1907, 85–244; HBöhlig, Die Geisteskultur v. Tarsos 1913; HSteinmann, Z. Werdegang d. Pls. D. Jugendzeit in Tarsus 1928; WvanUnnik, Tarsus or Jerusalem ’62; AJones, The Cities of the Eastern Roman Provinces2 ’71; Pauly-W. IV 2413–39; Kl. Pauly V 529f; BHHW III 1933; Haenchen on Ac 22:3. S. also CHemer, Acts index.; s. also s.v. Κιλικία.—PECS 883f. Schürer III 33f (lit.).
Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά παλαιοχριστιανική Λογοτεχνία. 2015.