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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]
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.
Attuda or Attouda (Ancient Greek: Ἄττουδα) was a Hellenistic city in ancient Caria and later in the Roman province of Phrygia Pacatiana. There are coins of the place with the Greek epigraph Ἱερὰ Βουλὴ Ἀττουδέων, of the time of Augustus and later. The coins show that the Men Carus was worshipped there. [1]
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 .
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. The site amid its sacred plane trees [1] was enriched in ...
Aurelia Neapolis, or Neapolis (Ancient Greek: Νεάπολις), was an inland town of ancient Caria, between Orthosia and Aphrodisias, at the foot of Mount Cadmus, in the neighbourhood of Harpasa. [1] [2] During Roman times, it bore the name of Aurelia Neapolis. [3] Its site is located near modern Inebolu, Turkey. [3] [4]
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Alabanda (Ancient Greek: Ἀλάβανδα) or Antiochia of the Chrysaorians was a city of ancient Caria, Anatolia, the site of which is near Doğanyurt, Çine, Aydın Province, Turkey. The city is located in the saddle between two heights. The area is noted for its dark marble and for gemstones that resembled garnets.