Gryneion
Coordinates: 38 ° 53 ' N , 27 ° 4' E
Gryneion ( Greek Γρύνειον ), also Grynion ( Γρύνιον ) or Gryneia ( Γρύνεια ), was an ancient city in the Aeolian landscape on the northwestern Aegean coast of today's Turkey near the Temaşalik Burnu promontory.
She first appears in history as a member of the Delisch-Attic League in the 5th century BC. At the end of the Peloponnesian War , the city came under Persian rule. During the Alexanderzug , Gryneion was conquered and its inhabitants enslaved. In the Hellenistic period it was temporarily united with its neighboring city of Myrina . In the 3rd century BC BC Gryeion minted its own coins.
Gryneion was best known for its sanctuary of Apollo , which was also an oracle site . It stood on a promontory, but only a few remains have survived.
Finds from Gryneion, mainly ceramics, are exhibited in the Bergama Archaeological Museum .
literature
- George Ewart Bean : Gryneion (Temaşalik Burnu) 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 .
- George Ewart Bean : Asia Minor . Volume 1. Aegean Turkey from Pergamon to Didyma . 5th edition. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1987, ISBN 3-17-009678-8 , pp. 109-111.
Web links
- Coins of Gryneion (English)