Cindye orKindye (Ancient Greek:Κίνδυη) was a town ofancient Caria, nearBargylia.
Herodotus notes Cindye as the hometown ofPixodarus, son of Mausolos, who was married to the daughter of the king of theCilician's, Syennesis. He proposed that they should fight against thePersians so that they had theMaeander River behind them, so that by not being able to flee, they would be forced to fight with greater courage than usual. However, his proposal was rejected.[1]
Cindye was a member of theDelian League since it appears intribute records ofAthens between the years 453 and 440 BCE.[2]
Strabo states that it was nearBargylia, and had a temple ofArtemis Cindyeade but in his time Cindye no longer existed.[3]Polybius also mentions this temple of Artemis saying that, although the image of the goddess was in the open air, there was a belief among some that it never got wet even if it rained or snowed.[4]
Its site is located nearSırtmaç,Asiatic Turkey.[5][6]
This article incorporates text from a publication now in thepublic domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Cindye".Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
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