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Patara OdeonPatara - BouleterionPatara, Greek Snake AltarSmall baths.Patara Theatre ReliefTheatre of PataraTheatre PataraTheatre PataraSeats Theatre PataraPatara Theatre InscriptionVespasian bathsVespasian bathsTemple to unknown deity (poss. Imperial cult)Patara (theatre) Cistern.Large early Roman tomb.Patara Northern BathsNorthern baths.City gate.Patara necropolisPatara necropolis, 'temple' tomb.Patara GranaryLighthouse, Patara HarbourPataraaqsyphonPatara aqueductLetoon, Egyptian scarab sealTemple of Apollo, LetoonTemple of Apollo MosaicTemple of Apollo, construction detailionic column ...detail

Location:

  • Türkiye, Gelemiş
  • geo:36.261261,29.31501
  • Location ± 5-25 m.

Period or year:

  • -7xx / unknown

Class:

  • City
  • visible

Annotations

PATARA Gelemis

According to the legend Patara wa founded by Pataros, son of Apollo. Strabo in his Geography (Strab. XIV.3.7)1 :

Next is the river Xanthus, formerly called Sirbis. In sailing up it in vessels which ply as tenders, to the distance of 10 stadia, we come to the Letoum, and proceeding 60 stadia beyond the temple, we find the city of the Xanthians, the largest in Lycia. After the Xanthus follows Patara, which is also a large city with a harbour, and containing a temple of Apollo. Its founder was Patarus. When Ptolemy Philadelphus repaired it, he called it the Lycian Arsinoe, but the old name prevailed.

  1. George E. Bean, Lycian Turkey: An Archaeological Guide, London John Murray Publishers Ltd 1989, p.82-91
  2. Strabo, Geography XIV.3.7 - ttp://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0239:book=14:chapter=3&highlight=patara
  3. Herodotus, The Histories  I.182 - http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0126:book=1:chapter=182&highlight=patara
  4. William Smith eds., in: Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography - https://archive.org/stream/dictionaryofgree02smit
  5. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patara_(Lycia)
  6. http://www.lycianturkey.com/lycian_sites/patara.htm
  7. https://www.academia.edu/30477612/_Die_urbanistische_Entwicklung_der_Stadt_ein_%C3%9Cberblick_in_PATARA._LYK%C4%B0ENS_TOR_ZUR_R%C3%96M%C4%B0SCHEN_WELT_Eds._H.%C4%B0%C5%9Fkan_ff._Zaberns_Bildbande_zur_Archaologie-Antike_Welt_2016_16-23

References

  1. Strabo XIV,3.7 - http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0239:book=14:chapter=3&highlight=patara


Nearby

Stadiasmus Patarensis - Stadiasmus Provinciae Lyciae

Ancient Roman milestone from Patara. Stadiasmus Provinciae Lyciae - Miliarium Lyciae

Bouleuterion - Patara

Bouleuterion - Patara

Southern Gate of Patara

City gate of Patara


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