Caryanda

For the island, seeCaryanda (island).For the insect genus, seeCaryanda (grasshopper).

Caryanda

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Location of Caryanda, modernTurkey

CaryandaorKaryanda(Ancient Greek:Καρυάνδα)was a city on the coast ofancient Cariain southwesternAnatolia.Stephanus of Byzantiumdescribes it as a city and harbour (λίμην) nearMyndusandCos.But λιμήν, in the text of Stephanus, is an emendation or alteration: the manuscripts use the word λίμνη ('lake').Straboplaces Caryanda between Myndus andBargylia,and he describes it, according to the common text, as "a lake, and island of the same name with it;" and thus the texts of Stephanus, who derived his information from Strabo, agree with the texts of Strabo.Plinysimply mentions the island Caryanda with a town; but he is in that passage only enumerating islands.In another passage he mentions Caryanda as a place on the mainland,andPomponius Meladoes so too.Scylax of Caryanda,one of the most famous mariners and explorers of ancient times, was a native of Caryanda. He lived in the late 6th and early 5th centuries BC and served thePersiankingDarius I.

Originally, Caryanda was located onan island of the same name,approximately 19 km north of theDorianGreek city ofHalicarnassus,the dominant city of the peninsula. Later Caryanda was relocated to a site on a bay on the north coast of the Bodrum Peninsula near Göl, in what is today theTurkishtourist resort town ofTürkbükü.There it was known as(Caryanda) Neapolis.

Caryanda was a member of theAtheniandominatedDelian Leagueduring the 5th century BC.

References

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