Phaselis
Φασηλίς (in Greek) | |
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| Location | Tekirova, Antalya Province, Turkey |
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| Region | Lycia |
| Coordinates | 36°31′25″N 30°33′08″E / 36.52361°N 30.55222°E |
| Type | Settlement |
| History | |
| Builder | Rhodian colonists |
| Founded | 700 BC |
| Periods | Archaic to High Medieval |
| Associated with | Theodectes |
| Site notes | |
| Condition | Ruined |
| Ownership | Public |
| Public access | Yes |
| Website | Phaselis Archaeological Site |
Phaselis (
History
The town was set up by the
After the death of Alexander, the city remained in Egyptian hands from 209 BC to 197 BC, under the
There was a temple of Athene at Phaselis, where the lance of Achilles was exhibited. It was the birthplace of the poet and orator Theodectes. It was also renowned for its roses, from which the essence was extracted.[5]
Bishopric
Phaselis became a
No longer a residential bishopric, Phaselis is today listed by the Catholic Church as a titular see.[8]
Notable people
- Lacritus, a Greek sophist
- Critolaus, a Greek Peripatetic philosopher
- Theodectes, a Greek rhetorician and tragic poet
Phaselis today
Phaselis has three harbours: the 'Northern Harbour', the 'Battle Harbour' and the 'Protected (Sun) Harbour', of which the last is the most important today. A 24-metre-wide ancient street runs through the middle of the city. The 'Hadrian Waterway Gate' is on the southern part of the street. There are ruins of shops and stores on the sides of the street and near these are ruins of public places such as
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Phaselis Aqueduct -
Phaselis Big Bath -
Phaselis Big Bath -
Phaselis Main Street -
Phaselis Decoration near Hadrian's Gate -
Phaselis Hadrian's Gate -
Phaselis North Harbour -
Phaselis North Harbour -
Phaselis South Harbour -
Phaselis View from South Harbour -
Phaselis Tetragonal Agora -
Phaselis Front Tetragonal agora -
Phaselis Small Bath -
Phaselis Small Bath and Theatre -
Phaselis Theatre -
Phaselis Street along Domitian Agora -
Phaselis Entrance Domitian Agora -
Phaselis Domitian Agora -
Phaselis March area
See also
References
- ISBN 978-1-78297-295-2.
- ISBN 978-90-04-35152-3.
- ^ Clinton, Henry Fynes (1834). From the earliest accounts of the LVth Olympiad. University Press.
- ^ Plutarch, The Parallel Lives, The Life of Cimon, 12
- ^ "Phaselis". from the Catholic Encyclopedia.
- ^ Michel Lequien, Oriens christianus in quatuor Patriarchatus digestus, Paris 1740, Vol. I, coll. 985-986
- ^ Pius Bonifacius Gams, Series episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Leipzig 1931, p. 450
- ISBN 978-88-209-9070-1), p. 893
External links
- Phaselis Project
- Phaselis Pictures
- Lycian History
- Catholic Encyclopedia: Phaselis article
- Herodotus Project: Phaselis
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