Moukaporis

Moukaporis was a coastal town of ancient Bithynia located on the Bosphorus. Moukaporis, took its ancient name from a king or a noble figure of Bithynia. Dionysios described this harbor in his work, as “quite beautiful” and there is a phrase that reads “after Daphne Mainomene comes Moukaporis.”^[1]

Its site is located on the Asian side of Istanbul, in the Beykoz district, in the Yalıköy neighborhood, at a place known as Hünkar İskelesi (the Sultan’s Pier) of Asiatic Turkey.^[2][3]

References

1. Kiesling, Brady (100). "Dionysius of Byzantium, Anaplous of the Bosporos". ToposText Web Version 3.0. p. § 96. Retrieved 2025-10-19.
2. Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 53, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.
3. Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.

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