Soli (,
Soloi) was an ancient city and port in
Cilicia, in present-day
Turkey, a part of
Mezitli municipality which in turn is a part of Greater
Mersin. It was a colony of
Rhodes, founded c. 700 BC. Soli was destroyed in the 1st century BC, and rebuilt by
Pompey the Great. Thereafter, it was called
Pompeiopolis (Πομπηιούπολις), not to be confused with the
Pompeiopolis in
Paphlagonia. The word
solecism is derived from Soli, since the dialect of Greek spoken there was considered by Athenians to be a corrupted form of
Attic Greek.