Larisa at Hermos

Larissa, Turkey (Greek Λάρισα, Λάρισσα) was an ancient city in Asia Minor landscape Aeolis .

Larisa was north of the lower reaches of the Hermos River in the Aiolis in what is now Turkey . Already mentioned by Homer as the town of the Pelasgians , Larisa was conquered by the Greek tribe of the Aioler and was henceforth called Phrikonis . In archaic times (approx. 700–490 BC) Larisa was organized in the Aeolian League of Eleven Cities , in the 5th century BC. In the Attic-Delian League . In 399 the city was besieged by Thribon in vain, in 398 it was finally taken over by Derkylidas. In the Hellenistic period (332–30 BC) Larisa degenerated into a village.

The identification of Larisa with the ancient city near Buruncuk with a palace , a megaron complex of the 6th century BC. BC, a defensive wall, as well as a younger palace from approx. 330 BC. With 4 Megara, is controversial. Localization at Yanıkköy would also be possible .

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• Homer , Iliad 2, 841; 17, 301
• Strabo 13, 3, 2-4
• Herodotus 1, 149
• Xenophon , Hellenika 3, 1, 7. 16
• Xenophon , Kyropädia 7, 1, 45
• Aristeides 51, 4

literature

• Karl Schefold et al. (Ed.): Larisa am Hermos 1-3 . 1940-42.
• J. Cook: The Annual of the British School at Athens . Volume 53, 1958/59, pp. 20 and 63.
• J. Cook: The Annual of the British School at Athens . Volume 63, 1968, pp. 33f.
• G. Bean: Asia Minor 1 , 1969, pp. 96-102.
• H. Lauter: The two older tyrant palaces in Larisa on Hermos . In: Bonner Jahrbücher . Volume 175, 1975, pp. 33-57.
• W. Koenigs: Western Turkey . 1991, p. 89ff.
• The New Pauly 6 (1999) 1154 sv Larisa 6 (H. Kaletsch)

Coordinates: 38 ° 40 ′ 3.3 ″  N , 27 ° 1 ′ 53 ″  E