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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.
Acroterion with Temple of Zeus in the background. The Temple of Zeus, situated upon a hill, was the city's main sanctuary. Ceramic finds indicate local habitation from the first half of the third millennium BC. According to a recent reading of the inscription on the eastern architrave, the temple was dedicated during the reign of Domitian, in ...
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.
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 ...
Inscriptions show that he dedicated the temple of Zeus, the southern and eastern entrances (propyla), and built the so-called 'Doric house' (oikos). [6] Unlike Mausolus, Idrieus called himself ' Mylasan ' ( Ancient Greek : Ιδριεὺς Ἑκατόμνω Μυλασεὺς ) in his inscribed dedications, emphasising his local roots.
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.
Temple of Zeus, Olympia; Temple of Zeus, Sagmatas; Z. Temple of Zeus Cyrius This page was last edited on 20 May 2023, at 19:45 (UTC). Text is available under ...
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.