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Labraunda (Ancient Greek: Λάβρανδα Labranda or Λάβραυνδα Labraunda) is an ancient archaeological site five kilometers west of Ortaköy, Muğla Province, Turkey, in the mountains near the coast of Caria. In ancient times, it was held sacred by Carians and Mysians alike.
A clear point of tension demanding mediation by Olympichos was the Mylasan claim of ownership over the sanctuary at Labraunda, which the priesthood of Zeus Labraundos contested. At thise time, the priest of Labraunda was a man named Korris (Κόρρις), who wrote to Seleucus in c. 242/1 BCE to retain the historical independence of Labraunda.
Zeus Labrandos (Λαβρανδευς; "Furious, Raging", "Zeus of Labraunda"): Worshiped at Caria, depicted with a double-edged axe , a Hellenization of the Hurrian weather god Teshub Laphystius ("of Laphystium"), Laphystium was a mountain in Boeotia on which there was a temple to Zeus.
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Templo de Zeus Olímpico (Olimpia) Usage on eu.wikipedia.org Zeus olinpikoaren tenplua (Olinpia) Usage on fi.wikipedia.org Zeuksen temppeli (Olympia) Usage on fr.wikipedia.org Temple de Zeus à Olympie; Usage on it.wikipedia.org Tempio di Zeus (Olimpia) Usage on ka.wikipedia.org ზევსის ტაძარი ოლიმპიაში
Mt. Lykaion, its religious significance, and its quadrennial athletic games appear with some frequency in the ancient literary sources. The 2nd-century Greek geographer Pausanias provides the greatest amount of information in the eighth book of his Description of Greece, where he discusses Lykaion's mythological, historical, and physical characteristics in detail.
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There are many Greek inscriptions from Labraunda which mark the dedication of new buildings by the dynasts. This record shows that Idrieus built many more buildings at the site than Mausolus. [18] A monumental fourth-century built tomb at Labraunda may belong to Idrieus. [19] Ada I became the sole ruler of Caria in c. 344/3 BCE, when Idrieus ...