Calynda (alsoCalinda,Calydna, orKarynda;Ancient Greek:Κάλυνδα) was a city inancient Caria.[1]
It was probably situated at the boundary ofLycia andCaria, for it is placed in the former territory byPtolemy (xxxi, 16), in the latter byStephanus Byzantius.Strabo places it 60 stadia from the sea, west of the Gulf of Glaucus, and east of Caunus. It appears, from a passage inHerodotus,[2] that the territory of Caunus bordered on that of Calynda.
Its king,Damasithymos, was an ally of QueenArtemisia I of Caria, and was at theBattle of Artemisium and theBattle of Salamis with a ship on the side ofXerxes.[3]
Calynda was afterwards, as it appears fromPolybius, subject to Caunus; but having revolted from Caunus, it placed itself under the protection of theRhodians.
Pliny writes its nameCalydna.[4] It is mentioned among the cities that struck coins in the Roman period.
Its site is located nearKozpınar,Asiatic Turkey.[5][6]
Thediocese is not mentioned in theNotitiae episcopatuum, but a 458 letter of the Lycian bishops to the Roman emperorLeo I about the death ofProterius of Alexandria mentions Bishop Leontius of Calynda. This implies that Calynda was at that time asuffragan ofMyra, themetropolis ofLycia.[7][8]
No longer a residential bishopric, Calynda is today listed by theCatholic Church as atitular see.[9]
This article incorporates text from a publication now in thepublic domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Calynda".Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.36°45′02″N28°50′09″E / 36.750652°N 28.835859°E /36.750652; 28.835859
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