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Telmessos_(Caria) Latitude and Longitude:
37°02′23″N 27°19′04″E / 37.0397°N 27.3178°E / 37.0397; 27.3178
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Telmessos or Telmessus, also Telmissos ( Ancient Greek: Τελμησσός or Τελμισσός), was a town in ancient Caria.

Its site is tentatively located at the remains near Görece in Asiatic Turkey. [1] [2] There was a shrine dedicated to Daphne in Telmessos. [3]

Notes

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
  3. ^ "Daphne". Archived from the original on 2006-11-12. Retrieved 2006-11-11.

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). " Telmessus". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.


37°02′23″N 27°19′04″E / 37.0397°N 27.3178°E / 37.0397; 27.3178


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