The temple of Artemis Astias the local goddes of Iasus dates to the late archaic period. The titel is known from the inscriptions. There was a statue of Artemis (by the famous sculptors Boupalos and Athenis) standing in the open air, according to Polybius and no snow nor rain ever falls on the statue.
The oldest building ia small templum in antis (8 x 17 m)
Sources:
- George E. Bean, Turkey Beyond the Maeander. An Archaeological Guide, London Ernest Jersey 1971, p.79
- Fede Berti, The 2007 Excavation Campagne at Iasos (Turkey)in: Kazı Sonuçları Toplantısı 30, Ankara 2009, pp. 11-18
- Polybius, XVI, 12, 4
- https://iasoskazisi.selcuk.edu.tr/en/artemisyapilari.html
- Asuman Baldıran, Erdener Pehlivan, A Harbor City in Caria: Iasos in:ANODOS Studies of the Ancient World 15/2015 Baldıran Pehlivan, 2020, pp. 31-47
- Albayrak, Y. : Anadolu’da Artemis Kültü. Ankara. Ankara Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü, Yayınlanmamış Doktora Tezi, 2008.