Telmissos

Coordinates: 37 ° 3 '  N , 27 ° 19'  O Telmissus ( Greek  Τελμισσός , rare Τελμεσσός Telmessos called) was an ancient city in Caria near the modern village Gürece , about eleven kilometers west of Bodrum (ancient Halicarnassus ) in today's Turkey .

Originally Telmissus was a settlement of Leleges . Around 361 BC Some of the inhabitants of Maussolos were resettled to Halicarnassus in the 2nd century BC. Telmissos was completely incorporated into the neighboring city. In Telmissus a still who was Roman Empire important Apollon -Sanctuary with Oracle .

The remains of a Legian hilltop settlement with fortifications, chamber and rock graves have been preserved.

Even in ancient times, the place was often confused with Telmessos in Lycia .

literature

• Walther Ruge : Telmessos 1. In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume VA, 1, Stuttgart 1934, Col. 409 f.
• George Ewart Bean , JM Cook: The Halicarnassus Peninsula. In: The Annual of the British School at Athens . Volume 50, 1955, pp. 85-171 (on Telmissos: pp. 151-155).
• George Ewart Bean:  Telmessos, Caria, 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. An art and travel guide to the classical sites . Volume 3. Beyond the Meander. Caria with the Vilayet Mugla . 2nd Edition. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1985, ISBN 3-17-009073-9 , p. 129.
• Hans Kaletsch : Telmissos. In: The New Pauly (DNP). Volume 12/1, Metzler, Stuttgart 2002, ISBN 3-476-01482-7 , Col. 102 f.