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A Rhodian deme in Caria 11 km S of Marmaris, probably attached to
the city of Lindos. Aischines owned land there (Ep. 9; cf. 12.11) and refers to
its fertility; this is confirmed by a series of land leases found at Hisarburnu
and dating from about 200 B.C. These fertile estates probably lay on the plain
near Golenye, a few km to the N. The inscriptions show that Amos had a board of
hieromnamones and that the principal deity was Apollo, with the otherwise unknown
epithet Samnaios.
The acropolis has a fortification wall in coursed polygonal masonry,
apparently dating to the early Hellenistic period and still standing 3 or 4 m
high, with towers and a gate on the N. Inside it are the foundations of a small
temple in antis about 13 m long, which may be that of Apollo Samnaios. Amos was
one of the three Peraean demes which had a theater; it is small but fairly well
preserved. The analemmata stand 5 m high, and the foundations of the stage building
survive, divided into three compartments. The site has never been excavated.
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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