Ancient city of Hydai /Kydai in Caria was polis and a member of the Delian League. The evidence prooved that the site was inhabited in the third nillenium BC. Some artifacts from ancient city are displayed at the Milas Museum.
See:
- https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daml%C4%B1bo%C4%9Faz_/_Hydai
- http://www.tayproject.org/TAYages.fm$Retrieve?CagNo=762&html=ages_detail_e.html&layout=web
- George E. Bean, Turkey Beyond the Maeander. An Archaeological Guide, London Ernest Jersey 1971, p.32, 49-50
- Jeremy LaBuff, Polis Expansion and Elite Power in Hellenistic Karia, Lexington Books 2015, pp. 110 nn.