Antioch on the Maeander

Antiochia on the Maeander also Antioch on the Maeander (Greek: Αντιόχεια του Μαιάνδρου; Latin: Antiochia ad Mæandrum), earlier Pythopolis, was a city of ancient Caria, in Anatolia. The city was situated between the Maeander and Orsinus rivers near their confluence and, though it was the site of a bridge over the Maeander had "little or no individual history" (ref. Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites). The scanty ruins are located on a hill (named, in Turkish, Jeni-Sher or Yenişer) a few km southeast of Kuyucak, Aydin Province, Turkey, near the modern city of Başaran, or the village of Aliağaçiftliği (ref. Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World). The city already existed when Antiochus I enlarged and renamed it. It was home to the sophist Diotrephis.[1]

It has not been excavated, although Christopher Ratte et al. visited the site in 1994 and produced a sketch plan.

References

• Blue Guide, Turkey: The Aegean and Mediterranean Coasts (ISBN 0-393-30489-2), p. 359.
• Richard Stillwell, ed. Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, 1976: "Antioch on the Maeander, Turkey"
• Archeogical Research at Aphrodisias in Caria, 1994. American Journal of Archaeology, Vol. 100, pp 5-33.
• Talbert, Richard. Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World, Princeton University Press, 2000, Map 65, H5 and Map-by-map Directory, p. 997.

See also

• Battle of Antioch on the Meander