Phoenix or Phoinix () was a town of

ancient Caria Caria (; from Greek: Καρία, ''Karia''; ) was a region of western Anatolia extending along the coast from mid- Ionia ( Mycale) south to Lycia and east to Phrygia. The Carians were described by Herodotus as being Anatolian mainlanders ...

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

Bozburun Peninsula Bozburun Peninsula () is a peninsula in southwest Turkey. In antiquity the cape at its extremity was called ''Aphrodisias'' (). It is between the Aegean and Mediterranean seas. Datça Peninsula is to the north and the Greek Greek may refer to: ...

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

Stephanus of Byzantium Stephanus or Stephen of Byzantium (; , ''Stéphanos Byzántios''; centuryAD) was a Byzantine grammarian and the author of an important geographical dictionary entitled ''Ethnica'' (). Only meagre fragments of the dictionary survive, but the epit ...

. It belonged to the

Rhodian Peraea The Rhodian Peraea or Peraia () 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 controlled and colonized by the nearby island of Rhodes. Already in Classical ti ...

. 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