Idyma (Ancient Greek:Ἴδυμα), orIdymus orIdymos (Ἴδυμος), was a coastal town ofancient Caria, strategically placed at the head of a gulf,[1] near the Idymos (Ἴδυμος) river.[2] It is located in the modern town ofGökova.
In 546 BCE, thePersian armies under the command ofHarpagos conquered the area, but the Carian customs and the religion remained unchanged. TheDelian League took over between 484 and 405 BCE and Idyma is mentioned in the tax lists for 453/2 BCE, the earliest written documentation of the city. The same reports mention a local sovereign by the name of Paktyes, whose descendants may have founded a dynasty which governed Idyma and to whose members the rock tombs could be attributable. Thephoros (tribute) imposed byAthens on Idyma was 114 drachmae, 5 obol.[3] Idyma produced its own coins, one side of which was marked with the name Idimion (ΙΔΥΜΙΟΝ), and the other side with the head ofPan, hinting at a shepherd's cult.[4]
From 167 BCE to at least the 2nd century CE, Idyma, together with the entire region south of modern Muğla was part of theRhodes's mainland possessions (Peræa Rhodiorum).
Its site is located nearKozlukuyu,Asiatic Turkey.[1][5] It remains anarchaeological site today. The city walls 200 metres (660 ft) in length and around fifty rock tombs are located along the steep climb (sea level to 400 metres (1,300 ft)) of Küçük Sakar. Theacropolis was explored by theFrench archaeologist Louis Robert in 1937.[6]
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