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  2. Carians - Wikipedia

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    The Carians next appear in records of the early centuries of the first millennium BC; Homer's writing about the golden armour or ornaments of the Carian captain Nastes, the brother of Amphimachus and son of Nomion, [4] reflects the reputation of Carian wealth that may have preceded the Greek Dark Ages and thus recalled in oral tradition.

  3. Caria - Wikipedia

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    Caria was settled by Greek immigrants in the Early Iron Age [citation needed]. Their presence is attested by protogeometric pottery [citation needed] which appears in the area around 1100 BC, along with other markers of Greek material culture. [9] The coast of Caria was part of the Doric hexapolis ("six-cities"). [citation needed]

  4. Assesos - Wikipedia

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    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).

  5. Halicarnassus - Wikipedia

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    Ancient cities of Caria. Halicarnassus (/ ˌ h æ l ɪ k ɑːr ˈ n æ s ə s / HAL-ih-kar-NASS-əs; Latin: Halicarnassus or Halicarnāsus; Ancient Greek: Ἁλικαρνασσός Ancient Greek pronunciation: [ha.li.kar.naːs.sós] Halikarnāssós; Turkish: Halikarnas; Carian: 𐊠𐊣𐊫𐊰 𐊴𐊠𐊥𐊵𐊫𐊰 alos k̂arnos) was an ancient Greek city in Caria, in Anatolia. [1]

  6. Triopium - Wikipedia

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    Triopium or Triopion and Triopia (Ancient Greek: Τριόπιον and Τριοπία) was a town on the coast of ancient Caria, near ancient Cnidus. [1] According to ancient writers Triopas was the founder of the city, and took its name after him. [2] [3] [4] At Triopium there was a temple of Apollo. The temple was built with common expenses ...

  7. Kaunos - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  8. Calynda - Wikipedia

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    Its king, Damasithymos, was an ally of Queen Artemisia I of Caria, and was at the Battle of Artemisium and the Battle of Salamis with a ship on the side of Xerxes. [ 3 ] Calynda was afterwards, as it appears from Polybius , subject to Caunus; but having revolted from Caunus, it placed itself under the protection of the Rhodians .

  9. Panamara - Wikipedia

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    Panamara (Ancient Greek: Πανάμαρα) was a prominent religious centre in ancient Caria.It was the centre of worship for the local god Zeus Panamaros.It was governed by a koinon (a 'federation' or 'collective') called Panamareis (Παναμαρεῖς), which was subsumed into the polis ('city-state') of Stratonicea in the Hellenistic period.