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AMYZON (Ancient city) TURKEY
Amyzon (Amuzon), an inconsiderable town of Caria. (Strab. p. 658.)
The ruins of the citadel and walls exist on the east side of Mount Latmus, on
the road from Bafi to Tchisme. The place is identified by an inscription. (Leake,
Asia Minor, p. 238.)
This text is from: Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854) (ed. William Smith, LLD). Cited July 2004 from The Perseus Project URL below, which contains interesting hyperlinks
Amyzon is one of the Karia cities, which is founded at Gaffarlar village in Kocarli District of Aydin.
In the hills of Caria 15 km NW of Alinda (Karpuzlu). Called by Strabo
(658) a peripolion of Alabanda and of less account; mentioned also by Pliny, Ptolemy,
Hierokles, and in the Byzantine bishopric lists. In the 3d c. the city was allied
first with the Ptolemies, then with the Seleucids; in the 2d c. it concluded an
alliance with Herakleia under Latmos. On one occasion it sent a delegation to
the oracle at Klaros. The rare coins are Hellenistic and Imperial.
A stretch of the city wall stands 6 m high in excellent isodomic ashlar,
and inside it are one or two ruined and unidentifiable buildings, also a row of
a dozen large vaulted underground chambers, apparently storerooms. Outside the
city is the poorly preserved temple of Artemis, dating from the time of the Hekatomnids,
and built on a series of terraces. The temple was in the Doric order, 16 by 5
m, and an architrave block has been found bearing a dedication by Idrieus. The
cult, with which Apollo was associated, dates back to the 6th c. The numerous
inscriptions found are not yet published.
G. E. Bean, 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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