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(February 2010)| Apamea or Apameia (Ancient Greek: Ἀπάμεια) –
previously, Kibotos (Greek: κιβωτός), hê Kibôtos or Cibotus –
was an ancient city in Phrygia, Anatolia, founded by Antiochus I
Soter (from whose mother, Apama, it received its name), near,
but on lower ground than, Celaenae (Kelainai). It overlooks the
Ghab valley and the site is now partly occupied by the city of
Dinar (sometimes locally known also as Geyikler, "the gazelles,"
perhaps from a tradition of the Persian hunting-park, seen by
Xenophon at Celaenae), which by 1911 was connected with İzmir by
railway; there are considerable remains, including a theater and
a great number of important Graeco-Roman inscriptions. Strabo
(p. 577) says, that the town lies at the source (ekbolais) of
the Marsyas, and the river flows through the middle of the city,
having its origin in the city, and being carried down to the
suburbs with a v