Comana (Κόμανα Ποντικά) was an ancient city of Pontus, said to have been colonized from Comana in Cappadocia. It stood on the river Iris (Tozanli Su or Yeşilırmak), and from its central position was a favorite emporium of Armenian and other merchants. The 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 temple alone numbered not less than 6000. St John Chrysostom died there on the way to Constantinople from his exile at Cocysus in the Anti-Taurus Mountains. Remains of Comana are still to be seen near a village called Gumenek on the Tozanli Su, 7 miles from Tokat, but they are of the slightest description. There is a mound, and a few inscriptions are built into a bridge, which here spans the river, carrying the road from Niksar to Tokat. Traditional rural Pontic house A man in traditional clothes from Trabzon, illustration Pontus is the name which was applied, in ancient times, to extensive tracts of country in the northeast of Asia Minor (modern Turkey) bordering on the Euxine (Black Sea), which was often called simply Pontos (the main), by... The YeÅŸil River (Turkish: , Green River; Greek: , Iris) is a river in northern Turkey. ... The YeÅŸil River (Turkish: , Green River; Greek: , Iris) is a river in northern Turkey. ... John Chrysostom (347 - 407) was a notable Christian bishop and preacher from the 4th and 5th centuries in Syria and Constantinople. ... Map of Constantinople. ... Anti-Taurus is a mountain range running northeast from the Taurus Mountains. ... Tokat is a city in Turkey, at the mid Black Sea region of Anatolia. ... [Niksar]http://www. ...

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