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According to Stephanos from Byzantion, king Kar gave this name to the city upon his son Alabadros's victory at horse race.
Alabandus (Alabandos), a Carian hero, son of Euippus and Calirrhoe, whom the inhabitants of Alabanda worshipped as the founder of their town. (Steph. Byz. s. v. Alabanda; Cic. de Nat. Deor. iii. 15, 19.)
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