Caryanda[a] orKaryanda (Ancient Greek:Καρυάνδα)[1] was a city on the coast ofancient Caria in southwesternAnatolia.Stephanus of Byzantium describes it as a city and harbour (λίμην) nearMyndus andCos.[2] But λιμήν, in the text of Stephanus, is an emendation or alteration: the manuscripts use the word λίμνη ('lake').Strabo places Caryanda between Myndus andBargylia, and he describes it, according to the common text, as "a lake, and island of the same name with it;" and thus the texts of Stephanus, who derived his information from Strabo, agree with the texts of Strabo.[3]Pliny simply mentions the island Caryanda with a town; but he is in that passage only enumerating islands.[4] In another passage he mentions Caryanda as a place on the mainland,[5] andPomponius Mela does so too.[6]Scylax of Caryanda, one of the most famous mariners and explorers of ancient times, was a native of Caryanda. He lived in the late 6th and early 5th centuries BC and served thePersian kingDarius I.[7]
Originally, Caryanda was located onan island of the same name,[8] approximately 19 km north of theDorian Greek city ofHalicarnassus, the dominant city of the peninsula. Later Caryanda was relocated to a site on a bay on the north coast of the Bodrum Peninsula near Göl, in what is today theTurkish tourist resort town ofTürkbükü. There it was known as(Caryanda) Neapolis.[9]
Caryanda was a member of theAthenian dominatedDelian League during the 5th century BC.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in thepublic domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Caryanda".Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
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