Cnidus (Tekir)

settlement · 330 BC – 2100 AD

An ancient settlement located at Tekir on the western tip of the modern Datça peninsula in Turkey (ancient Knidia), which extends from the southwest corner of Asia Minor. In the later fourth century BCE, it grew markedly, succeeding the site at Burgaz as the political center of the peninsula and attracting the name Cnidus to itself. It is often referred to as "New Cnidus" in recognition of this change.

Coordinates

36.68818, 27.37284

Also known as

Chidum (la), Chidvm (la), Cnidus (grc), Tekir (tr), Tekir (tr), Κνίδος (grc)

Dating

attested

Sources

• Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0
  Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)

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