Εμφανίζονται 4 τίτλοι με αναζήτηση: Πληροφορίες για τον τόπο στην ευρύτερη περιοχή: "ΙΕΡΟΠΟΛΙΣ Αρχαία πόλη ΤΟΥΡΚΙΑ" .
In the valley of the Sarus (Goksu), in the deep glens of the Antitauros.
It is probably Hittite Kummani, religious center with goddess Hepat. By Hellenistic
times Comana, with Comana Pontica, was one of the two cult centers of the Goddess
Ma, equated by Strabo with Enyo. The city, chief town of the strategia of Cataonia,
was ruled by the chief priest, who ranked second after the king of Cappadocia
and was generally of the royal f amily. Strabo states that the temple servants
numbered 6000 and also implies a lay population (12.2.2); an inscription by the
demos honors King Archelaos and a gerousia is also attested. Roman period inscriptions
refer to the city as Hieropolis. Then as in the Byzantine period it was evidently
prosperous but not important.
The small town center, unwalled as befits a holy place, did not hold
the whole population. The fertile valleys for miles around bear traces of ancient
occupation. Principal standing monuments are the Ala Kapi, a tetrastyle prostyle
temple of the 2d c. A.D., the Kirik Kilise, 4th c. A.D. heroon of the senator
Aurelius Claudius Hermodorus, a theater, and a number of churches and chapels.
Outside the town are hundreds of tumulus graves. A number of sculptured and inscribed
monuments are housed in the Adana Museum.
R. P. Harper, ed.
This text is from: The Princeton encyclopedia of classical sites,
Princeton University Press 1976. Cited Nov 2002 from
Perseus Project URL below, which contains bibliography & interesting hyperlinks.
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