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Umgebung:

Nereids monument base.Nereid MonumentInscribed Pillar of Xanthos - Harpagus SteleXanthos - theatreXanthos - theatreThe Roman theatre, built in the mid-2nd century ADRoman theatre and Lycian tombsXanthus TheaterXanthus AgoraXanthos, West ChurchCity gate.Harp Monument. XanthosRoman Theatre in XanthosPillar tombLycian AcropolisXanthus NecropolisThe Tower Tomb in XanthosThe Harpy Tomb in Xanthon necropolisSarcophagus of Merehi. XanthosSarcophagus of Merehi. XanthosRoman BridgeLetoon Theater EntranceLetoon TheaterLetoon. theaterLetoon TheaterHelmettrilingual stele. 337 bce. (Fethiye museum)Hellenistic stoaTemple of Apollo, LetoonTemple of Apollo Mosaic

Lage:

  • Türkei, Karaköy
  • geo:36.356274,29.320347
  • Lage ± 5-25 m.

Klassification:

  • Stadt
  • Sichtbar

Anmerkungen

Xanthus: town in western Lycia; its original name was Arňna, its modern name is Kınık. Legendary founders and eponymus Arnus and Xanthus of  are of Xanthus are of the late provenience and would not be considered as Hittite and Luwian name of the city was Arinna 1what dates the beginnnig of the city to Bronze Age. Xanthos is a later Greek name.

See:

  1. http://www.livius.org/x/xanthus/xanthus1.html.
  2. Jacques des Courtils and Laurence Cavalier, The City of Xanthos from Archaic to Byzantine Times - http://www.academia.edu/1310466/The_City_of_Xanthos

Referenzen

  1. Trevor Bryce, Jan Zahle, The Lycians in Literary and Epigraphic Sources, Museum Tusculanum Press 1986, p. 27


In der Nähe

Xanthos, Roman Basilica

Roman basilica of Xanthos by the Lower Agora.

Xanthos, Vespasian Archway

Vespasian arched city gate

Lower Agora, Xanthos

Ancient City of Xanthos, Kinik Village.