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Livius.org: History and Culture of Ancient Caria Archived 1 January 2015 at the Wayback Machine; Historia Numorum Online, Caria: ancient Greek coins from Caria; Asia Minor Coins: ancient Greek and Roman coins from Caria; Ancient Caria: In the garden of the sun, CANAN KÜÇÜKEREN, Hürriyet Daily News, 28 March 2011
Ancient copy of the cult image of a local goddess hellenized as Aphrodite at Aphrodisias The Carians ( / ˈ k ɛər i ə n z / ; Ancient Greek : Κᾶρες , Kares , plural of Κάρ , Kar [ 2 ] ) were the ancient inhabitants of Caria in southwest Anatolia , who spoke the Carian language .
Artemisia I of Caria (Ancient Greek: Ἀρτεμισία; fl. 480 BC) was a queen of the ancient Greek city-state of Halicarnassus, which is now in Bodrum, present-day Turkey. She was also queen of the nearby islands of Kos , Nisyros and Kalymnos , [ 2 ] within the Achaemenid satrapy of Caria , in about 480 BC. [ 2 ]
Kaunos (Carian: Kbid; [1] Lycian: Xbide; [1] Ancient Greek: Καῦνος; Latin: Caunus) was a city of ancient Caria and in Anatolia, a few kilometres west of the modern town of Dalyan, Muğla Province, Turkey. The Calbys river (now known as the Dalyan river) was the border between Caria and Lycia. Initially Kaunos was a separate state; then ...
Ancient cities of Caria. Aphrodisias (/ æ f r ə ˈ d ɪ s i ə s /; [1] Ancient Greek: Ἀφροδισιάς, romanized: Aphrodisiás) was a Roman city in the historic Caria cultural region of western Asia Minor, today's Anatolia in Turkey.
Knidos or Cnidus [1] [2] (/ ˈ n aɪ d ə s /; Ancient Greek: Κνίδος, Ancient:, Modern:, Knídos) was a Greek city in ancient Caria and part of the Dorian Hexapolis, in south-western Asia Minor, modern-day Turkey.
Artemisia II of Caria (Greek: Ἀρτεμισία; died 351 BC [1]) was a naval strategist, commander and the sister (and later spouse) and the successor of Mausolus, ruler of Caria. Mausolus was a satrap of the Achaemenid Empire, yet enjoyed the status of king or dynast of the Hecatomnid dynasty. After the death of her brother/husband ...
Assesos or Assesus (Ancient Greek: Ἀσσησός) was a small ancient Greek town in the region of Caria in Asia Minor, in the territory of Miletus, and the site of a sanctuary of Athena Assesia (Ancient Greek: Ἀσσησία Ἀθηνᾶ).