MALLOTES, the Inhabitants of MALLOS, a City of Cilicia, situated upon the River Pyramus. They revolted from Antiochus Epiphanes, because he had 2 Macc. iv. 30.given them, with the City of Tarsus, to one of his Mistresses named Antiochis. In this Manner the Kings of Persia used to give whole Cities sometimes to their Mistresses, to find them in Necklaces, Girdles, and such Implements.
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