Phoenicus or Phoinikous (), also known as Phoenice or Phoinike (Φοινίκη), was a port of

ancient Lycia Lycia (; Lycian language, Lycian: 𐊗𐊕𐊐𐊎𐊆𐊖 ''Trm̃mis''; , ; ) was a historical region in Anatolia from 15–14th centuries BC (as Lukka lands, Lukka) to 546 BC. It bordered the Mediterranean Sea in what is today the Prov ...

, a little to the east of Patara; it was scarcely distant from the latter place, and surrounded on all sides by high cliffs. In the war against

Antiochus III the Great Antiochus III the Great (; , ; 3 July 187 BC) was the sixth ruler of the Seleucid Empire, reigning from 223 to 187 BC. He ruled over the region of Syria and large parts of the rest of West Asia towards the end of the 3rd century BC. Rising to th ...

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fleet took its station there with a view of taking Patara. Its site is located near the modern Kalkan.

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Populated places in ancient Lycia Former populated places in Turkey {{Antalya-geo-stub