Ark (Turkey)

The small island of Lade was in ancient times near the coast of Asia Minor in the west of Miletus at a distance of 5 km. There was also the tomb of a mythical king of Miletus, Asterios , son of Anax, which is why they were also called Asterios . Here took place in 494 BC The battle of ark took place. 412 BC The Athenians camped here in the run-up to the Battle of Miletus .

Due to the deposits of the Meander River , the island is now in the fertile Meander Plain and is therefore the Turkish mainland. It rises out of the floodplain, still easily recognizable today.

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• Herodotus , Historien , edited by Hans Wilhelm Haussig , Stuttgart 1971, ISBN 3-520-22404-6 , note 8 to the 6th book.
• Pausanias , Travels in Greece 1,35,6 (cf. 7,2,5).
• Strabon , Geographica 635.

Coordinates: 37 ° 31 ′ 36 ″  N , 27 ° 13 ′ 21 ″  E