Pessinus was a city in Anatolia, the Asian part of Turkey on the upper course of the river Sakarya River (Sangarios), from which the mythological King Midas's said to have ruled a greater Phrygian realm. The city has been proven to have been in existence as far back as 700 BC. Pessinus, the present village Ballıhisar's situated at 13 km from Sivrihisar a small town on the road Ankara- Eskişehir at the junction with the road to Afyon-İzmir, at 120 km SW of Ankara. History Pessinu… (More on Pessinus)