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NAGIDOS (Ancient city) TURKEY
Nagidus (Nagidos: Eth. Nagideus), a town of Cilicia on the coast,
said to have been colonised by the Samians. Stephanus B. mentions an island named
Nagidusa, which corresponds to a little rock about 200 feet long, close to the
castle of Anamour. (Strab. xiv. p. 670; Mela, i. 13. § 5; Scylax, p. 40; Steph.
B. s. v.; Beaufort, Karamania, p. 206; Cramer, Asia Minor, vol. ii. p. 326.)
On the coast of Cilicia Aspera, 18 km E of Anamur. Colonized by the
Samians according to Mela (1.77), but the eponymous founder Nagis (Steph. Byz.
s.v.) is likely to be mythical. The city flourished in the 5th and 4th c., when
it issued silver coinage, and is recorded by Hekataios (ap. Steph. Byz.) and Pseudo-Skylax,
together with an island called Nagidussa. In later times little is heard of it,
but it is mentioned by Strabo (670) as the first city E of Anemurion, and sherds
and an inscription show that the site was occupied down to the 2d or 3d c. A.D.
The ruins are on a low hill just E of the village. An early circuit
wall of mixed polygonal and ashlar masonry, with large blocks, still stands to
a man's height for much of its extent. There are some pieces of similar wall in
the interior, but no buildings are recognizable. An ancient road has been identified
on the neighboring plain, and a small island close offshore evidently corresponds
to the ancient Nagidussa; it is covered with ruins of late date.
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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