Ascănĭa, ae, f., = Ἀσκανία,
a region in Phrygia , Plin. 5, 32, 40, § 144.
ASCA´NIA LACUS or ASCA´NIUS(Ἀσκανία: Isnik), a large lake in Bithynia, at the east extremity of whic...
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