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Cisthene (Mysia)
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Cisthene, also spelled Kisthene, was a coastal town in ancient Aeolis, opposite the island of Lesbos in western Mysia, whose mines were a source of copper. Its site is believed to lie near modern Ayvalık on Turkey's northwestern Aegean coast, though its precise location remains uncertain.
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