Candara orKandara (Ancient Greek:Κάνδαρα) was a town ofancient Paphlagonia, inhabited fromAchaemenid throughRoman times.[1]Stephanus of Byzantium writes that it was "in Paphlagonia, threeschoeni fromGangra, and a villageThariba" and that a temple ofHera Candarene was there.[2]
Its site is tentatively located nearCandere,Asiatic Turkey.[1][3]
This article incorporates text from a publication now in thepublic domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Candara".Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
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