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List Of Lycian Place Names
This article contains a list of Lycian place names that have survived from ancient Lycia in Anatolia. Names of settlements and geomorphic features are known from ancient literary sources. Ptolemy's ''Geography'' lists places in Asia Minor and specifically Lycia. Strabo's ''Geography'' has a section on Lycia as well, as does Pliny's ''Natural History''. Stephanus of Byzantium includes a large number of Lycian places in ''Ethnica''. Hierocles in ''Synecdemus'' lists the cities in the eparchy of Lycia. William Martin Leake's ''Journal'' of his own trips through Anatolia, as well as of those of many other travellers, with analyses of sources, mainly Ptolemy, is still a valuable source of information on the locations and appearances of the Lycian sites. In addition, numerous inscriptions in the Lycian language The Lycian language ( )Bryce (1986) page 30. was the language of the ancient Lycians who occupied the Anatolian region known dur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phaselis Aqueduct
Phaselis ( grc, Φασηλίς) or Faselis ( tr, Faselis) was a Greek and Roman city on the coast of ancient Lycia. Its ruins are located north of the modern town Tekirova in the Kemer district of Antalya Province in Turkey. It lies between the Bey Mountains and the forests of Olympos National Park, south of the tourist town of Kemer Kemer is a seaside resort and district of Antalya Province on the Mediterranean coast of Turkey, west of the city of Antalya, on the Turkish Riviera. Kemer is on the Gulf of Antalya, of sea coast with the skirts of the western Taurus Mounta ... and on the 57th kilometre of the Antalya–Kumluca highway. Phaselis and other ancient towns around the shore can also be accessed from the sea by daily yacht tours. History The town was set up by the Rhodes, Rhodians in 700 BC. Because of its location on an isthmus separating two harbours, it became the most important harbour city of eastern Lycia and an important centre of commerce betwee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
