Magnesia ad Maeandrum/Leukophrys

settlement · 550 BC – 2099 AD

Magnesia ad Maeandrum was an ancient city on the Maeander River in Ionia, site of an important sanctuary of Artemis Leukophryene ("of the white eyebrow"). Its extensive remains are located near the modern village of Tekin in Turkey's Aydın Province.

Coordinates

37.84986, 27.52318

Also known as

Aydın (tr), Aydın (tr), Leukophrys (grc), Magnesia (la), Magnesia (la), Magnesia ad Maeandrum (la), Magnēsía epì Maiándrō (grc), Magnēsía hē Asianḗ (grc), Tekin (tr), Tekin (tr), Tekke (tr), Tekke (tr), Μαγνησία ἐπὶ Μαιάνδρῳ (grc), Μαγνησία ἡ Ἀσιανή (grc)

Dating

attested

Sources

• Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0
  Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)
• Wikidata · CC0 1.0
  Wikidata (CC0)

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