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PERGA, a City of Pamphylia mentioned Acts xiii. 14. This is not a maritime City, and St. Paul must have gone up the River Caystrus to come to it, or else must have gone on Foot. Strabo1 speaks of a Temple of Diana of Perga, situated upon an Eminence near the City. u Herodot. l. ii. c. 86, 87, 88. x Strabo l. xxiv. PERGAMUS
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