Calynda
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City in ancient Caria
"Calydna" redirects here. For the genus of metalmark butterflies, see Riodinidae.
Not to be confused with
Kadyanda
.See also: Calinda (disambiguation)
Calynda (also Calinda, Calydna, or Karynda;
ancient Caria.[1]
History
It was probably situated at the boundary of
Stephanus Byzantius. Strabo places it 60 stadia from the sea, west of the Gulf of Glaucus, and east of Caunus. It appears, from a passage in Herodotus,[2]
that the territory of Caunus bordered on that of Calynda.
Its king,
Damasithymos, was an ally of Queen Artemisia I of Caria, and was at the Battle of Artemisium and the Battle of Salamis with a ship on the side of Xerxes.[3]
Calynda was afterwards, as it appears from Polybius, subject to Caunus; but having revolted from Caunus, it placed itself under the protection of the Rhodians.
Pliny writes its name Calydna.[4] It is mentioned among the cities that struck coins in the Roman period.
Its site is located near Kozpınar, Asiatic Turkey.[5][6]
Bishopric
The
No longer a residential bishopric, Calynda is today listed by the Catholic Church as a titular see.[9]
References
- ^ "Calynda". Catholic Encyclopedia.
- ^ i. 172
- ^ Herodotus, VIII, lxxxvii.
- ^ V, xxvii.
- ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.
- ^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
- ^ Michel Lequien, Oriens christianus in quatuor Patriarchatus digestus, Paris 1740, Vol. I, coll. 991-992
- ^ Pius Bonifacius Gams, Series episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Leipzig 1931, p. 450
- ISBN 978-88-209-9070-1), p. 856
Sources
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Calynda". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
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