Dascylium
Dascylium, Dascyleium, or Daskyleion (
History
Excavations have shown that the site was inhabited in the Bronze Age. Phrygians settled there before 750 BC. It came under the control of Lydia. It was then said to be named after Dascylus, the father of Gyges.[2]
After the
It was a member of the Delian League.[6]
When Alexander of Macedon invaded Asia in 334 BC, the first of the major battles by which he overthrew the Achaemenid Empire was fought at the Granicus river on his way to Dascylium from Abydos on the coast.
Bishopric
Dascylium appears as a
The first bishop of Dascylium whose name appears in an extant document is Ioannes, who took part in the
Archaeology
In 2020, archaeologists found a 4th century BC terracotta mask, representing the god Dionysus, in the city’s acropolis.[9] From 1988 to 2010 the excavations were directed by Tomris Bakır.[10] In August 2021, archaeologists led by Kaan Iren have announced the discovery of Ancient relief described Greek-Persian wars at Dascylium. Explorer Kaan Iren said: "there are Greek soldiers fighting and Persians on horseback fighting them. Greek soldiers are depicted under the hoofs of Persian horses. There is a propaganda scene here under the pretext of war".[11][12][13]
See also
References
- ^ Pomponius Mela. De situ orbis. Vol. 1.19.
- ^ a b Dascylium (Ergili)
- ^ Donald Fyfe Easton, "Anatolia in the Achaemenian and Hellenistic periods" in Encyclopædia Britannica
- ISBN 90-04-05427-8(1977)
- ^ Philip Yorke, 2nd Earl of Hardwicke et al., Athenian Letters, or the epistolary correspondence of an agent of the king of Persia, residing at Athens during the Peloponnesian war, Geographical Index Asia Minor
- ^ Athenian Tribute Lists
- ^ Michel Lequien, Oriens christianus in quatuor Patriarchatus digestus, Paris 1740, Vol. I, coll. 629-630
- ^ Raymond Janin, v. Dascylion, in Dictionnaire d'Histoire et de Géographie ecclésiastiques, vol. XIV, Paris 1960, coll. 91-92
- ^ 2,400-year-old mask unearthed in ancient city
- ^ "Prof. Dr. Tomris Bakır´ı kaybettik". yenierdekgazetesi.com. Retrieved 2020-12-22.
- ^ "Ancient relief discovered in northwestern Turkey". www.aa.com.tr. Retrieved 2021-08-31.
- ^ AA, DAILY SABAH WITH (2021-08-17). "Reliefs from 5th century BC found in western Turkey's Daskyleion". Daily Sabah. Retrieved 2021-08-31.
- ^ "Ancient relief discovered in Balıkesir excavations". Hürriyet Daily News. Retrieved 2021-08-31.
Further reading
- Blackman, David John; Mitchell, Stephen (2012). "Dascylium". In Hornblower, Simon; Spawforth, Antony; Eidinow, Esther (eds.). The Oxford Classical Dictionary (4 ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-954556-8.
- Köker, Hüseyin (2016). "The Coins from the 1954 Excavation at Daskyleion". The Numismatic Chronicle. 176: 431–435. JSTOR 26637338.
- Weiskopf, Michael (1994). "DASCYLIUM". In ISBN 978-1-56859-019-6.
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