Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography/Cerasae

​CE′RASAE or CERASSAE (Κέρασσαι), in Lydia, is mentioned by Nonnus (xiii. 468) as a wine country. Major Keppel observed remains near Sirghie, which is opposite to Bagae. [Bagae.] There were bishops of Cerasae (Cramer, Asia Minor, vol. i. p. 455); and as it was a Lydian bishopric, Sirghie may, as Cramer conjectures, be Cerasae. There is some resemblance between the names. [ G. L. ]

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