Kandyba orCandyba (Hittite: 𒄭𒅔𒁺𒉿Hinduwa,Lycian: 𐊜𐊙𐊋𐊂𐊆Xãkbi,Ancient Greek:Κάνδυβα,Latin:Candyba)[1] was a settlement inancient Lycia, in modern-dayAntalya province on the southwestern Mediterranean coast ofTurkey.
The modern Turkish village next to the ruins of ancient Kandyba is namedÇataloluk.
The name Kandyba is the Greek version of the Lycian name Khãkbi. During theBronze Age, the city may have been known to the Hittites as Hinduwa.[2]
Stephanus of Byzantium reports amythological tradition that the city took its name fromCandybus, son ofDeucalion.[3]
The ancient settlement is set on a hilltop high above the plain of Kasaba, 13 kilometres north ofKaş. The modern village is located to the south of the ruins.
In antiquity, Candyba was one of the smaller cities of Lycia, but was an independentpolis with voting rights in theLycian League and minted its own coins.
Since it was in theRoman province of Lycia, thebishopric of Candyba was asuffragan of themetropolitan see ofMyra, the province's capital. The names of two of itsbishops are preserved in extant records. Constantinus took part in theSecond Council of Nicaea in 787; and Basilius was at thePhotianCouncil of Constantinople (879).[4][5]
No longer a residential bishopric, Candyba is today listed by theCatholic Church as atitular see.[6]
Some of the rock tombs are beautifully executed. One perfect inscription in Lycian characters was found. A coin procured on the spot from the peasantry had the letters KAND on it.[7]
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