Cyaneae
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| Location | Antalya Province, Turkey |
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| Region | Lycia |
| Coordinates | 36°15′03″N 29°48′20″E / 36.25083°N 29.80556°E |
| Type | Settlement |
| Site notes | |
| Condition | In ruins |
Cyaneae (
To
Pausanias wrote that the oracle of Apollo Thyrxeus (Ἀπόλλωνός Θυρξέως) was there.[2]
Discovery
It is said in
It is singular that three distinct sites seem to have had the name Cyaneae, for the plural form appears to be the genuine name of the place. Yarvu, which seems to be the chief place, is due north of the head of the port Tristomo: Ghiouristan is due north of Yarvu, and about 3 miles distant, according to the map in Spratt and Forbes's work. Tousa is west-northwest of Yarvu, and further distant than Ghiouristan. Yarvu is on a high platform, with a steep descent on two sides. The walls are in a good state of preservation, and from 5 to 15 feet high. There is a theatre 165 feet in diameter, many plain rock tombs, groups of sarcophagi, and confused heaps of ruins. The remains are of the Roman and middle age construction; and some of a doubtful age. There were none of the earlier Lycian tombs and inscriptions. At Tousa a Lycian inscription was found. The city was small, and surrounded by a rudely constructed Hellenic wall, very perfect in some parts, combining the polygonal and cyclopean styles in its construction.[5]
Tousa is nearly 5 hours from the sea. At Ghiouristan there are three Lycian rock tombs, one of which has a Lycian and Greek inscription. There are many tombs and sarcophagi here.[5]
This is another example of the discovery of Lycian towns of which no historical record has been preserved except the names. It is not easy to conjecture why all these places had the same name, But it is very possible that one of them, Yarvu, was the chief place under the name of Cyaneae; and that the other two, which belonged to Cyaneae, might have other names, and yet be considered as dependent on the chief place, and might be comprehended under the same name.
Gallery
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Cyaneae Theatre from high -
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Cyaneae Necropolis -
Cyaneae Necropolis -
Cyaneae Necropolis Detail of tomb -
Cyaneae Necropolis -
Cyaneae Acropolis area -
Cyaneae Acropolis -
Cyaneae Acropolis -
Cyaneae Rock Temple tomb -
Cyaneae Rock Temple tomb
Bishopric
In the There are no extant records of the names of bishops of the see.
No longer a residential bishopric, Cyanae is listed by the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia and Catholic Church as a titular see.[7] Bishop Elpidios of Perth and Kyaneon was ordained bishop of Kyaneon in 2020.[8]
See also
References
- ^ Pliny. Naturalis Historia. Vol. 5.27.
- ^ Pausanias, Description of Greece, 7.21.13
- ^ William Martin Leake (1824). Journal of a tour in Asia Minor, with comparative remarks on the ancient and modern geography of that country. p. 188.
- ^ Thomas Abel B. Spratt, Edward Forbes (1847). Travels in Lycia, Milyas, and the Cibyratis. Vol. 2. p. 271. Retrieved December 10, 2014.
- ^ a b Thomas Abel B. Spratt, Edward Forbes (1847). Travels in Lycia, Milyas, and the Cibyratis. Vol. 1. p. 111. Retrieved December 10, 2014.
- ^ Heinrich Gelzer, Ungedruckte und ungenügend veröffentlichte Texte der Notitiae episcopatuum, in: Abhandlungen der philosophisch-historische classe der bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1901, p. 539, nº 268.
- ISBN 978-88-209-9070-1), p. 869
- ^ "Ordination of Bishop Elpidios of Kyaneon". St Andrew's Greek Orthodox Theological College. 18 January 2020.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Cyaneae". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
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