Kaunos

Kaunos (Carian: Kbid; Lycian: Khbide; Ancient Greek: Καῦνος; Latin: Caunus) was a city of ancient Caria, Anatolia, a few km west of the modern town of Dalyan, Muğla Province, Turkey. Kaunos was said to have been founded by Kaunos, son of Miletos and Kyane, on the southern coast of Caria, opposite Rhodes. It was in a district later under the jurisdiction of Rhodes known as Peraea, Peræa Rhodiorum (Latin form) "the Rhodian Shore", at the foot of Mount Tarbelos. Its acropolis was called Imbros. It exported, chiefly to Rome, highly prized figs. It was the home of the painter Protogenes. It was a member of the Chrysaorian League.

The ruins of the city are near Dalyan, on the right bank of the ancient Kalbis. Among them are a theatre, a large rectangular building that may have been a temple, others of uncertain description, a Byzantine church, and rock-hewn tombs.

Christian city

Kaunos was Christianized early, and bishops are known beginning from the 4th century. Four bishops are mentioned by Lequien (I, 981): Basil, who attended the Council of Seleucia in 359; Antipater, who attended the Council of Chalcedon in 451; Nicolaus, who subscribed the letter to Emperor Leo in 458; and Stephanus, who attended the Council of Nicaea in 787. The Synecdemus of Hierocles and most Notitiae Episcopatuum, as late as the 12th or 13th century, place it in Lycia, as a suffragan of Myra.

Kaunos remains a titular see of the Roman Catholic Church, Cauniensis; the seat has been vacant since the death of the last bishop in 1972. [1]

Notable people

  • Protogenes Greek painter from the 4th century BC
  • Lyrcus
  • Zenon Egyptian secretary from the 3rd century BC

Notes

See also

References

  • This article incorporates text from the public-domain Catholic Encyclopedia of 1913.

External links

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Busra Y.
11 November 2014
Efes'i görmedim ama burası gezdiğim en güzel antik kent. Tüm kalıntılardaki yaşamı hissediyorsunuz.
Bilgehan Yıldız
26 August 2018
Kaya mezarları antik kente 1 km ve yanına kadar sandallarla gecilebiliyor, ayrıca dalyana gecmeyi kolaylaştıran arabalı mini feribotlar da var, antik kent oldukça büyük doğu teras kalıntısı etkileyici
Deniz Martı
25 April 2015
Dalyanı gezerek giderseniz iyi olur. Mükemmel bir antik bölge. Tiyatrosunu görmeden ayrılmayın. Muhteşem bir manzara sizi bekliyor olacak.
Tunahan Unver
21 February 2020
Kaunos antik kenti Dalyan Köyceğiz bölgesinde mutlaka görülmesi gereken bir yer..oldukça geniş bir alan ve bayağı bir vakit ayırmak gerek çok sıcaklarda öğle vakti uygun değil
Aydın Yıldırım
18 May 2014
Mayıs - Haziran gibi havalar çok ısınmadan gidin. Girdiğimiz taraftan değil diğer taraftan çıkın. Harika bir manzarası var. Cikabilirseniz kalesine çıkın ve muhteşem manzarasiyla tüm Dalyan ı görün
Erman KARLI
27 April 2019
m.ö. 6 yya tarihlenen harikulade antik liman kenti daha iyi korunup bakılması gereken öneminin değerini karsilayamadigimiz antik hazinelerden biri ????????????
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