Laertes (Cilicia)

Çebel Ires Daǧı inscription - a Phoenician legal inscription found in Laertes

Laertes (Ancient Greek: Λαέρτης)[1] was a town of ancient Cilicia.[2] Some have supposed that the philosopher Diogenes Laërtius was from this town.[3] Strabo called it a stronghold.[4]

Its site is located near Cebelires in Antalya, Asiatic Turkey.[2][5] Archaeologists have excavated the site; antiquities may be found at the Alanya Archaeological Museum.

References

  1. ↑ STEPHANUS OF BYZANTIUM, ETHNICA, § L406.9
  2. 1 2 Talbert, Richard, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 66. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9, with accompanying Map-by-Map Directory.
  3. ↑ 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica s.v. Diogenes Laërtius
  4. ↑ STRABO, GEOGRAPH, § 14.5.3
  5. ↑ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.

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