Pedasa ( Ancient Greek: Πήδασα or τὰ Πήδασα), also known as Pedasus or Pedasos (Πήδασος), [1] and as Pedasum, [2] was a town of ancient Caria. It was a polis (city-state) by c. 400 BCE. [3] Alexander the Great deprived the place of its independence by giving it over to the Halicarnassians, together with five other neighbouring towns. [2]
It was a member of the Delian League. [4]
Its site is near the modern Gökçeler. [5] [6]
People
- Hermotimus of Pedasa, favourite eunuch of Xerxes the Great
References
- ^ Suda, pi.1497
- ^ a b Pliny. Naturalis Historia. Vol. 5.29.
- ^ Mogens Herman Hansen & Thomas Heine Nielsen (2004). An inventory of archaic and classical poleis. New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 1305, 1334. ISBN 0-19-814099-1.
- ^ Athenian Tribute Lists
- ^ 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.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
public domain:
Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Pedasa".
Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
External links
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