Chrysaoris

Town of ancient Caria

Chrysaoris (Ancient Greek: Χρυσαορίς) was a town of ancient Caria, perhaps afterwards called Idrias (Ἰδριάς).^[1] According to Apollonius, in his Carica, it was the first city which was founded by the Lycians.^[1] According to Marcus Mettius Epaphroditus, all Caria was called Chrysaoris.^[1] Herodotus mentions a district in Caria, named Idrias, in which the river Marsyas (Çine Çay) had its source.^[2] Later, Antiochus built the city of Stratonicea there.

Its site is tentatively located near Şahinler, Asiatic Turkey.^[3]^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Stephanus of Byzantium, Ethnica, Ch696.9
^ Herodotus, Histories, 5.118
^ Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 61, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.
^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Chrysaoris". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.