Marmara (Lycia)

Cities of ancient Lycia. Red dots: mountain peaks, white dots: ancient cities

Marmara was a town of ancient Lycia, whose inhabitants put up a ferocious defense to Alexander the Great during his invasion. The name does not appear in history, but the ethnonym is cited by Diodorus Siculus.[1] The town's territory is called Mnarike (Ancient Greek: Μναρική) in the Stadiasmus Patarensis, implying a town name of Mnara.[2][3]

The identification of Mnara with Marmara has generally been accepted at the site of Kavak Daği where it extends over the top and slopes at 1350 m, behind Kemer.[4][5][6] Excavations began in 2004 and are on-going.[3]

  1. ^ Diodorus Siculus. Bibliotheca historica (Historical Library). Vol. 17.28.
  2. ^ NİHAL TÜNER (2002). "LYKIA 'NIN YERLEŞIM COÖRAFYASINDA YENI LOKALİZASYONLAR". Li̇kya İncelemeleri̇ I (in Turkish). Istanbul: 68.
  3. ^ a b Çevik, Nevzat (2008). "Northeast Lycia. The New Evidence - The Results from the past ten years from the Bey Mountains Surface Surveys". Adalya. 11: 205–207.
  4. ^ Antalya Museum Government Website (in Turkish)
  5. ^ Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 65, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.
  6. ^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.