Lebedus

Lebedus
Λέβεδος (in Ancient Greek)
Lebedos was located on and around the Kısık Peninsula.
Lebedus is located in Turkey
Lebedus
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Alternative nameLebedos
LocationÜrkmez, İzmir Province, Turkey
RegionIonia
Coordinates38°4′41″N 26°57′53″E / 38.07806°N 26.96472°E / 38.07806; 26.96472
TypeSettlement

Lebedus or Lebedos (Ancient Greek: Λέβεδος) was one of the twelve cities of the Ionian League, located south of Smyrna, Klazomenai and neighboring Teos and before Ephesus, which is further south. It was on the coast, ninety stadia (16.65 km) to the east of Cape Myonnesus, and 120 (22.2 km) west of Colophon.

The city was built on and around a very small peninsula (175 m long, reaching a height of 61 m and with an isthmus 201 m wide), which is called the Kısık Peninsula today and depends on the coastal township of Ürkmez, part of Seferihisar locality, a district center depending on the province seat of İzmir.