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Location

  • Türkiye, Hisarönü
  • geo:36.795902,28.136337

Period or year

  • -3xx / unknown

Classification

  • city
  • Visible

Bybassos (aka Erine)

data access 29100

The acropolis of the ancient Bybassos is located on the Hisar Tepe which lies between Hisarönü village - formerly known as Erine or Rina1- and the sea. It's ruins have been investigated through an archaeological survey under direction of the german archaeologist Winfried Held2.

References

  1. ↑George E. Bean, Turkey Beyond the Maeander. An Archaeological Guide, London Ernest Jersey 1971, p.162
  2. ↑W. Held – Ch. Wilkening-Aumann, Vom Karischen Bund zur Griechischen Polis. Archäologischer Survey in Bybassos und Kastabos auf der Karischen Chersones, in: A. Matthaei – M. Zimmermann (Hrsg.), Urbane Strukturen und bürgerliche Identität im Hellenismus, Die hellenistische Polis als Lebensform 5 (Heidelberg 2015) 74–98

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Creators: Entry created by Elżbieta (2016-09-24) , last updated by p. jeffries (2026-09-21), with possible contributions by others. CC BY-SA 4.0, metadata CC-0.
Persistent URI: https://vici.org/vici/29100
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Suggested citation: Elżbieta and Jeffries, P., Bybassos (aka Erine). https://vici.org/vici/29100, accessed 2026-10-31.