𐊜𐊂𐊀𐊏 Xban- | |
 Theatre at Cyaneae | |
  Shown within Turkey | |
| Location | Antalya Province, Turkey |
|---|---|
| Region | Lycia |
| Coordinates | 36°15′03″N 29°48′20″E / 36.25083°N 29.80556°E |
| Type | Settlement |
| Site notes | |
| Condition | In ruins |
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Cyaneae (Ancient Greek: Κυανέαι, [ky.a.né.ai̯]; Lycian: 𐊜𐊂𐊀𐊏 Xban-), also spelled Kyaneai or Cyanae, was a town of ancient Lycia, or perhaps three towns known collectively by the name.[1] Leake observes that in some copies of Pliny it is written Cyane; in Hierocles and the Notitiae Episcopatuum it is Cyaneae.
To Spratt and Forbes, Cyaneae appeared to be a city ranking in importance with Phellus and Candyba, but in a better state of preservation. No longer a residential bishopric, Cyanae is today listed by the Catholic Church as a titular see.
Pausanias wrote that the oracle of Apollo Thyrxeus (Ἀπόλλωνός Θυρξέως) was there.[2]
- ^ Pliny. Naturalis Historia. Vol. 5.27.
- ^ Pausanias, Description of Greece, 7.21.13