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DEDALA (Ancient city) TURKEY
Daedala (ta Daidala: Eth. Daidaleus), a city of the Rhodia, that is,
the Peraea in Caria, or a small place, as Stephanus B. says (s. v.), on the authority
of Strabo; and also a mountain tract in Lycia.
The eastern limit of the Rhodian Peraea was the town of Daedala, and
after Daedala, which belongs to the Rhodii, is a mountain of the same name, Daedala,
where commences the line of the Lycian coast: near the mountain, that is, on the
coast, is Telmissus, a town of Lycia, and the promontory Telmissis. (Strab. pp.
664, 665.) The Daedala is that part of the mountain country of Lycia which lies
between the Dalamon Tchy and the middle course of the Xanthus; and the high land
comes down to the coast at the head of the gulf of Glaucus or Makri. (Map, &c.
by Hoskyn, London Geog. Journal, vol. xii.) In Mr. Hoskyn's map just referred
to, the ruins of Daedala are placed near the head of the gulf of Glaucus, on the
west side of a small river named Inigi Chai, which seems to be the river Ninus,
of which Alexander in his Lyciaca (Steph. B. s. v. Daidala) tells the legend,
that Daedalus was going through a marsh on the Ninus, or through the Ninus river,
when he was bitten by a water snake, and died and was buried there, and there
the city Daedala was built. The valley through which the Ninus flows, is picturesque,
and well-cultivated. On the mountain on the W. side of the valley is an ancient
site, probably Daedala: here are numerous tombs hewn in the rocks in the usual
Lycian style; some are well-finished. The acropolis stood on a detached hill;
on its summits are remains of a well, and a large cistern. We did not find any
inscriptions. (Hoskyn.) But though no inscriptions were found, there is hardly
any doubt that the place is Daedala. Pliny (v. 31) mentions two islands off this
coast belonging to the Daedaleis. There is an island off the coast east of the
mouth of the Inigi Chai, and another west of the mouth of the river; and these
may be the islands which Pliny means. The islands of the Cryeis, three according
to Pliny, lie opposite to Crya, on the west side of the gulf of Makri. Livy (xxxvii.
22) mentions Daedala as a parvum castellum. Ptolemy (v. 2) places Daedala, and
indeed the whole of the west side of the gulf of Glaucus, in Lycia.
This text is from: Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854) (ed. William Smith, LLD). Cited September 2004 from The Perseus Project URL below, which contains interesting hyperlinks
A town of Caria, near the confines of Lycia and on the northern shore of the Glaucus
Sinus. It was said to have derived its name from Daedalus, who, being stung by
a snake on crossing the small river Ninus, died and was buried here.
19 km N of Fethiye and 6 km E of Gocek
Site in Lycia or Caria, almost certainly at Inlice Asarl, 19 km N
of Fethiye and 6 km E of Gocek. Strabo (651) calls it the beginning of the Rhodian
Peraea, and the Stadiasmus places it 50 stades from Telmessos; Livy (37.22), relating
its liberation from siege by Antiochos III in 190 B.C., calls it a fortress of
the Peraea. It is listed also by Pliny, Ptolemy, and Stephanos Byzantios. It stood
on the border of Lycia and Caria, and is attributed now to one, now to the other.
A dedication in Doric by a Rhodian official, stated to have come from Inlice,
shows that this region must have been incorporated Rhodian territory in the 2d
c. B.C. There is naturally no coinage, nor does the ethnic or demotic occur in
any inscription.
On the main acropolis hill is a ring wall of good ashlar, and inside
this a small fort and a circular cistern, also house foundations and rock-cuttings.
On a ridge lower down to the E is a wall of large irregular blocks. There are
several Lycian rock-tombs, a few sarcophagi, and many pigeon-hole tombs cut in
the rock face, mostly inaccessible. Beside the main Fethiye road below the site
is a fine Doric rock-cut temple tomb.
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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