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==City of Dioscurias==
[[File:Las Incantadas Louvre Ma1392 side A.jpg|thumb|upright=.6|One of the Dioscuri, on a [[Las Incantadas]] pillar (2nd century CE)]]
The ancient city of Dioscurias or Dioskurias (Διοσκουριάς) on the [[Black Sea]] coast, modern [[Sokhumi]], was named after them. In addition, according to legend the city was founded by them.<ref>[https://topostext.org/work/206#275 Hyginus, Fabulae, 275]</ref><ref>[https://topostext.org/work/145#1.111 Pomponius Mela, Chorographia, 1.111]</ref> According to another legend, the city was founded by their [[chariot]]eers, Amphitus and Cercius of [[Sparta]].<ref>[https://topostext.org/work/493#22.8.24 Ammianus Marcellinus, History, 22.8.24]</ref><ref>[https://topostext.org/work/747#15.17 Solinus, Polyhistor, 15.17]</ref>