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| Location | Turkey |
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| Region | Hatay Province |
| Coordinates | 36°33′58″N36°06′39″E / 36.566°N 36.1109°E /36.566; 36.1109 |
Myriandus (Greek:ΜυρίανδοςMūríandos, from Hittitemūri-, "grape cluster", and-anda, a place name suffix; byfolk etymology with Greekandr-, "man", also spelledMyriandrus: ΜυρίανδροςMūríandros)[1][2] was an ancientPhoenician[3] port on theMediterranean Sea'sGulf of Alexandretta. Its ruins are located near the modern city ofİskenderun in southernTurkey.
Herodotus records the entire Gulf of Alexandretta as Marandynian Bay (Ancient Greek:Μυριανδικὸς κόλπος), after Myriandus.[4] (Later classical geographers would subsequently name the bay after nearbyIssus.)Stephanus of Byzantium also called it Marandynian gulf.[5]
Xenophon claimed that Myriandus was the border town betweenCilicia andSyria. Herodotus, meanwhile, placed the line further south atRas al-Bassit in what is nowSyria. Xenophon also say that it was anEmporium.[4]
In 333 BC,Alexander the Great encamped near the city and intended to attack on the army ofDarius III ofPersia, but at the night a heavy tempest and storm detained him in his camp. In the endthe battle took place nearIssus.[6][7]
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