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KRYA (Ancient city) TURKEY
Krya was a town in Lycia or Caria, probably at Tasyaka, formerly Charopia,
on the shore of a small bay 8 km N of the headland of Kapi Dagi, on the W side
of the gulf of Fethiye. Krya figures in the Athenian tribute lists with a tribute
of one-third of a talent, and is mentioned by Pliny, Mela, Artemidorus ap. Steph.
Byz., and in the Stadiasmus. Its general situation on the gulf of Fethiye appears
clearly from the authorities, and no more probable site is known than that at
Tasyaka, though no actual proof is available. The site is very small, comprising
a tiny acropolis on a steep hill with remains of an early wall and a tower, approached
by a rock-cut stairway. On the shore is an Ionic temple tomb with an inscription
in Carian. Krya is said to have possessed islands in the gulf, and is called by
Pliny Crya fugitivorum, though the reason for this is not known. It is in any
case to be clearly distinguished from the Rhodian deme of Kryassos.
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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