Phoenix or Phoinix ( grc, Φοῖνιξ) was a town of

ancient Caria Caria (; from Greek: Καρία, ''Karia''; tr, Karya) was a region of western Anatolia extending along the coast from mid-Ionia ( Mycale) south to Lycia and east to Phrygia. The Ionian and Dorian Greeks colonized the west of it and joined the ...

, near the mountain of the same name on the southern branch of the

Bozburun Peninsula Bozburun Peninsula ( tr, Bozburun Yarımadası) is a peninsula in southwest Turkey. In antiquity the cape at its extremity was called ''Aphrodisias'' ( grc, Ἀφροδισιάς). It is between the Aegean and Mediterranean seas. Datça Peninsul ...

. It may be the same as the town called Phoenice or Phoinike (Φοινίκη) by

Stephanus of Byzantium Stephanus or Stephan of Byzantium ( la, Stephanus Byzantinus; grc-gre, Στέφανος Βυζάντιος, ''Stéphanos Byzántios''; centuryAD), was a Byzantine grammarian and the author of an important geographical dictionary entitled ''Ethni ...

. It belonged to the

Rhodian Peraea The Rhodian Peraea or Peraia ( grc, ἡ τῶν Ῥοδίων περαία, 3='' peraia'' of the Rhodians) was the name for the southern coast of the region of Caria in western Asia Minor during the 5th–1st centuries BC, when the area was control ...

. Its site is located near Fenaket in Asiatic Turkey. Archaeology has uncovered numerous inscriptions.

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Populated places in ancient Caria Former populated places in Turkey History of Muğla Province Marmaris District Ancient Greek archaeological sites in Turkey Ancient Rhodes Greek colonies in Caria {{AncientCaria-geo-stub