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Cyzicus (; Kyzikos; , Aydıncıḳ) was an ancient town of Mysia in Anatolia in the current Balıkesir Province of Turkey. It was located on the shoreward side of the present Kapıdağ Peninsula (the classical Arctonnesus), a tombolo which is said to have originally been an island in the Sea of Marmara only to be connected to the mainland in historic times either by artificial means or an earthquake.
The site of Cyzicus, located on the Erdek and Bandırma roads, is protected by Turkey's Ministry of Culture.
King Cyzicus ruled over the Dolionians, a tribe that inhabited the southern shore of the Propontis. He gave his name to a city of the same name, Cyzicus, his capital.
King Cyzicus welcomed the Argonauts on their journey to Colchis; but after their departure, a storm drove them back to the Cyzicene coast at night. With neither the Argonauts nor King Cyzicus recognizing one another, each mistook the other as an enemy, and battle ensued. King Cyzicus was slain. The incident had been arranged by the gods Cybele, Pan (god) and Bellona (goddess) because Cybele wanted revenge against Cyzicus for killing one of her lions. When day broke, the Argonauts realized their tragic mistake, and granted Cyzicus an elaborate burial.
King Cyzicus left behind a young bride named Cleite, daughter of Merops of Percote. Cyzicus's parentage is given as Aeneus by Aenete (or Aenippe), daughter of Eussorus; or else Eussorus is given as his father. King Cyzicus is sometimes referred to as a Thessalian migrant (hence his hospitality to the Argonauts, many of whom hailed from Thessaly, including Jason himself). The name Aeneus recalls the Thracian city of Aenus, although Aeneus is said to be the son of Apollo and Stilbe, a daughter of the Thessalian River Peneus.
Cyzicus is a genus of clam shrimp in the family Cyzicidae. Identified by Jean Victoire Audouin in 1837, the genus was reidentified as Caenestheriella by Eugen von Daday in 1910.
There are seven species in the genus:
- Cyzicus belfragei (Packard, 1871) – Belfrage clam shrimp
- Cyzicus californicus (Packard, 1883) – California clam shrimp
- Cyzicus elongatus (Mattox, 1957 – elongate clam shrimp
- Cyzicus gynecia (Mattox, 1949) – Mattox clam shrimp
- Cyzicus mexicanus (Claus, 1860) – Mexican clam shrimp
- Cyzicus morsei (Packard, 1883) – Morse clam shrimp
- Cyzicus setosa (Pearse, 1912) – setose clam shrimp