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about fethiye
fethiye is located on
the lycian and carian border and was called telmessos in ancient times. the
city was very prominent and a centre of prophecy, pledged to apollon. that
the city life was rich and highly cultured during the Hellenistic and Roman
periods is evident from the existing monuments. today the majority of
ancient ruins in telmessos are rock-tombs, lycian-type sarcophagi, the
fortress and the roman theatre.
the peninsula lying between fethiye and antalya was known as lycia in the
ancient times. lycians were natives of anatolia and sea-faring people as
mentioned in Homer’s Iliad and kadesh War Peace agreement document.
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the tomb of amyntas, which could be considered as the insignia of
fethiye,
strikes the eye with its grandeur on the slope as you enter the bay. this
tomb, whose façade was built as an Ionic temple based on the plan of in
antis, belonged to amyntas is believed to be a king or a governor of
telmessos during the hellenistic period.
Within the city there are quite a number of lycian-type sarcophagi. turkey
On these there are epitaphs in the lycian scripture. Especially the
sarcophagus near the government house is worthy of notice, with its relieves
depicting warriors.
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