Araxa
Coordinates: 36 ° 45 ' N , 29 ° 22' E
Araxa (Greek Ἄραξα) was an ancient city in Asia Minor landscape Lycia in today's Ören in Turkey. It was in the north of the Xanthos valley.
Little is known about the city's history. She was a member of the Lycian League , into which the neighboring town of Orloanda was accepted through her mediation. Araxa coins are unknown. In late antiquity the city was the seat of a bishop; The titular Araxa of the Roman Catholic Church goes back to the diocese .
Some wall remains of the city have been preserved, as well as rock graves of Lycian design.
literature
- George Ewart Bean : Araxa (Ören) Lycia, Turkey . In: Richard Stillwell et al. a. (Ed.): The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites. Princeton University Press, Princeton NJ 1976, ISBN 0-691-03542-3 .
- Gustav Hirschfeld : Araxa . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume II, 1, Stuttgart 1895, Col. 402.
Web links
- Araxa in the Pleiades database