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COMANA (mod. Gumenek)

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Originally appearing in Volume V06, Page 749 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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COMANA (mod. Gumenek) , an See also:ancient See also:city of See also:Pontus, said to have been colonized from Comana in See also:Cappadocia. It stood on the See also:river See also:Iris (Tozanli Su or Yeshil Irmak), and from its central position was a favourite See also:emporium of Armenian and other merchants. The See also:moon-goddess was worshipped in the city with a pomp and ceremony in all respects analogous to those employed in the Cappadocian city. The slaves attached to the See also:temple alone numbered not less than 6000. St See also:John See also:Chrysostom died there on the way to See also:Constantinople from his See also:exile at Cocysus in the See also:Anti-See also:Taurus. Remains of Comana are still to be seen near a See also:village called Gumenek on the Tozanli Su, 7 M. from See also:Tokat, but they are of the slightest description. There is a See also:mound; and a few See also:inscriptions are built into a See also:bridge, which here spans the river, carrying the road from Niksar to Tokat. (D. G.

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