lycian way
Chimaera
... The Lycian King, Lobates, sent Bellerophon to kill the fire-breathing monster, part lion, goat and serpent, which was created via 2 underworld creatures: Typhon and Ekhidna. With the aid of the winged ...
Seas of Turkey
... square kilometers, its shores were home to many ancient civilizations in the history, such as Phoenicians, Egyptians, Carthaginians, Greeks, Lycians, Arabs, Persians, Romans, Byzantines, Seljuks, Ottomans ...
Historical and cultural sites
... the Hurris, Assyrians, the Hittites, the Phrygians, the Urartians, the Lydians and the Lycians. From these civilizations come many familiar legends: women warriors known as Amazons, the wealth of the Lydian ...
Greek mythology N-Z
... and became the king of the Lycians after helping Cilix of Cilicia to defeat them. He helped Troy in the Trojan wars before being killed via Patroclus. Saturnus Saturnus was the Roman god of learning ...
St. Nicholas of Myra
A detailed information on Saint Nicholas, known as Father Christmas, bishop of Myra St. Nicholas, called "of Bari", Bishop of Myra (Fourth Century), is the Patron of bakers, pawnbrokers, sailors, children, ...
Patara
Patara was a Lycian city in the Mediterranean, and the birth area of St. Nicholas Lycian cities Xanthos Letoon Pinara Tlos Aperlai Simena (Kale) Teimiussa (Kekova) Olympos (Cirali) Chimeira ...
Lycia and the Lycians
Lycia and the Lycians in the Mediterranean (Turkish:Akdeniz) region of Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye) See also Patara Xanthos Letoon Pinara Tlos Kas Kalkan Aperlai Kekova Simena Olympos ...
Kekova
Kekova is a natural bay on the Mediterranean (Turkish:Akdeniz) coast of Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye) and is surrounded via ancient Lycian sites. Kekova Island and the town of Kale (ancient Simena) to ...
Demre
Myra is 1 of the mostfascinating Lycian sites in Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye) where Father Christmas is beleived to live there Some people believe that Santa Claus did not exist but truth is that old ...
Aperlai
Aperlai is an ancient Lycian city in the Mediterranean (Turkish:Akdeniz) region of Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye). Aperlai is located on the Sicak peninsula, near the Sicak jetty. A Lycian city, Aperlai's ...
Aegean
... , Nyssa , Pamukkale (Hierapolis) , Pergamum , Priene , Miletus , Didyma , Sardis , Teos (Sigacik) , Aizanoi See also: Ancient Caria , Ionian Civilization , Lycia and the Lycians , Lydia , King Croesus ...
Adrasan
... where boats moor in winter and then to the tiny Adrasan lighthouse at the point. A pleasant two and a half hour hike along the 'Lycian Way' trekking route, which is indicated by red and white signs, will ...
Troy
... Brutus, and Elymus. Kapys, Boukolion and Aisakos were Trojan princes who had naiad wives. Some of the Trojan allies were the Lycians and the Amazons. The Aisepid nymphs were the naiads of the Trojan River ...
Rock-Cut Tombs
Rock-cut tombs, Myra by Anders B. These are the most numerous of all types of Lycian tombs and some are perhaps the most visually striking - elaborate funeral chambers carved directly into the ...
Lycian Tombs
All pre-Greek people of Anatolia built beautiful monumental tombs associated with some form of ancestor worship. The Lycians developed this form of art to perfection, no doubt facilitated by the soft limestone ...
Kaunos
Kaunos or Kaunus (Lycian: Khbide; also Peraea, Latin: Peræa Rhodiorum) is an ancient city of Caria, Anatolia, currently a few km west of the modern town of Dalyan, Muğla Province, Turkey. ...
Myra
Myra is an ancient Lycian town, where the small town of Kale (Demre) is situated today in present day Antalya Province of Turkey. Mask Sculptures from at Myra by Traces in the Sand ...
Kale (Demre, Myra)
... was known as Kale until it was renamed in 2005. Myra is an ancient Lycian town, where the small town of Kale (Demre) is situated today in present day Antalya Province of Turkey. It was located on ...
Lycia Rock Tombs
Fethiye with its 4th century works of art remaining from Lycia period attracts attention. These are the tombs, carved out on natural rocks, which became the symbol of the district. Pinara - Lycian ...
Kayakoy
... The historical geographer Strabon, ends his description of the city and the harbour of Telmessos in the Lycian region by saying, “...one reaches a steep and difficult place, Karmylessos is located ...