Idebessos

Idebessos, Idebessus
A tomb of the exedra type in Idebessos/Idebessus
Idebessos is located in Turkey
Idebessos
Shown within Turkey
Alternative nameEdebessus, Edebessos
LocationKozağacı, Antalya Province, Turkey
RegionLycia
Coordinates36°33′17″N 30°12′08″E / 36.55472°N 30.20222°E / 36.55472; 30.20222
TypeSettlement
Length360 m (1,180 ft)
Width160 m (520 ft)
Area5.76 ha (14.2 acres)
Cities of ancient Lycia

Idebessos or Idebessus, also known as Edebessus or Edebessos (Ancient Greek: Ἐδεβησσός)[1] or (Ancient Greek: Ἐδεβησός),[2] was an ancient city in Lycia. It was located at the foot of the Bey Mountains to the west of the Alakır river valley. Today its ruins are found a short distance to the west of the small village of Kozağacı in the Kumluca district of Antalya Province, Turkey. The site, 21 kilometres north-northwest of Kumluca, is overgrown with forest and hard to reach.[3]

  1. ^ William Smith, Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854), s.v. Edebessus
  2. ^ Westermann, A (1839). Stephani Byzantii Ἐθνικῶν quae supersunt. Leipzig: Teubner. p. 115. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
  3. ^ "Idebessos Lycia, Turkey" in The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites