Pedasa

Pedasa (Ancient Greek: Πήδασα or τὰ Πήδασα), also known as Pedasus or Pedasos (Πήδασος),[1] and as Pedasum,[2] was a town of ancient Caria. It was a polis (city-state) by c. 400 BCE.[3] Alexander the Great deprived the place of its independence by giving it over to the Halicarnassians, together with five other neighbouring towns.[2]

For another town in Caria also called Pedasa, see Pidasa. For the town of ancient Mysia, see Pedasa (Mysia).

It was a member of the Delian League.[4]

Its site is near the modern Gökçeler.[5][6]

People

References
  1. Suda, pi.1497
  2. Pliny. Naturalis Historia. Vol. 5.29.
  3. Mogens Herman Hansen & Thomas Heine Nielsen (2004). An inventory of archaic and classical poleis. New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 1305, 1334. ISBN 0-19-814099-1.
  4. Athenian Tribute Lists
  5. Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 61, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.
  6. Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Pedasa". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.

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