Chrysaoris ( Ancient Greek: Χρυσαορίς) was a town of ancient Caria, perhaps afterwards called Idrias (Ἰδριάς). [1] According to Apollonius, in his Carica, it was the first city which was founded by the Lycians. [1] According to Marcus Mettius Epaphroditus, all Caria was called Chrysaoris. [1] Herodotus mentions a district in Caria, named Idrias, in which the river Marsyas (Çine Çay) had its source. [2] Later, Antiochus built the city of Stratonicea there.
Its site is tentatively located near Şahinler, Asiatic Turkey. [3] [4]
References
- ^ a b c Stephanus of Byzantium, Ethnica, Ch696.9
- ^ Herodotus, Histories, 5.118
- ^ Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 61, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.
- ^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
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