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ILYAS (Ancient city) TURKEY
Site in Pisidia, whose ancient name is unknown, directly across the
lake from Burdur. The city stood on two hills with stretches of rough wall at
the foot. The ancient road from the NE is spanned by a triple-arched gateway in
poor condition, and at one point are the ruins of a small temple. The numerous
inscriptions and cut blocks are of unusually good quality for this region; mention
of Council and People is proof of city status, but no clue to the name has yet
appeared. A milestone (not in situ), showing one mile, indicates that the city
at Ilyas was the caput of a road, perhaps a short branch joining the main road
on the other side of the lake. In view of the quality of the ruins their anonymity
is surprising.
G. E. Bean, ed.
This text is from: The Princeton encyclopedia of classical sites,
Princeton University Press 1976. Cited Nov 2002 from
Perseus Project URL below, which contains bibliography & interesting hyperlinks.
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