  magnesia or magnesia on the maeander ( or ; ) was an ancient greek city in ionia, considerable in size, at an important location commercially and strategically in the triangle of priene, ephesus and tralles. the city was named magnesia, after the magnetes from thessaly who settled the area along with some cretans. it was later called "on the meander" to distinguish it from the nearby lydian city magnesia ad sipylum. the territory around magnesia was extremely fertile, and produced excellent wine, figs, and cucumbers.athcn. i. p. 29, ii. p. 59, iii. j. 78. it was built on the slope of mount thorax,http://books.google.com/books?id=hweoaaaaqaaj&pg=pa663 on the banks of the small river lethacus, a tributary of the maeander river upstream from ephesus. it was 15&nbsp;miles from the city of miletus.strabo xiv. pp. 636, 647; l'lin. v. 31.image showing the location of magnesia (in asia minor). the ruins of the city are located west of the modern village tekin in the germencik district of aydÄ±n province, turkey. magnesia lay within ionia, but because it had been settled by aeolians from greece, was not accepted into the ionian league. magnesia may have been ruled for a time by the lydians,there are references to its capture by king gyges, however this may refer to the original conquering of magnesia ad sipylum, long a lydian city. see for instance . an
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