Araxa (Ancient Greek:Ἄραξα) was a city ofancient Lycia, according toAlexander Polyhistor, in the second book of hisLyciaca.[1][2]Ptolemy places it nearSidyma. It is located at a place calledÖren, nearFethiye, on the upper portion of theXanthus River.[3]
An inscription in honour of a local citizen, Orthagoras, provides the only details of its history in the 2nd century B.C.[4]
Since it was in theRoman province of Lycia, thebishopric of Araxa was asuffragan of themetropolitan see ofMyra, the province's capital. The names of four of itsbishops are preserved in extant records. Theotimus was at theFirst Council of Constantinople in 381, Leontius at theCouncil of Chalcedon in 451, Theodorus at theTrullan Council in 692, and Stephanus at theSecond Council of Nicaea in 787.[5][6]
No longer a residential bishopric, Araxa is today listed by theCatholic Church as atitular see.[7]
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