Phoenix (Caria)

Coordinates: 36°36′43″N 28°05′14″E / 36.611911°N 28.08723°E / 36.611911; 28.08723
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Phoenix or Phoinix (Ancient Greek: Φοῖνιξ) was a town of ancient Caria, near the mountain of the same name on the southern branch of the Bozburun Peninsula.[1] It may be the same as the town called Phoenice or Phoinike (Φοινίκη) by Stephanus of Byzantium.[2][3]

It belonged to the Rhodian Peraea.[4]

Its site is located near Fenaket in Asiatic Turkey.[1][5] Archaeology has uncovered numerous inscriptions.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b 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. ^ Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. Vol. s.v. Φοινίκη.
  3. ^ a b Stillwell, Richard; MacDonald, William L.; McAllister, Marian Holland, eds. (1976). "Phoinix". The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites. Princeton University Press.
  4. ^ The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, PHOINIX (Fenaket) Turkey
  5. ^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.

36°36′43″N 28°05′14″E / 36.611911°N 28.08723°E / 36.611911; 28.08723