Latmus (town)

Latmus or Latmos (Ancient Greek: Λάτμος) was a town of ancient Caria.[1] It was a polis (city-state) and a member of the Delian League.[2]

Strabo writes that it was also known as "Heracleia below Latmus" (Ancient Greek: Ἡράκλεια ἡ ὑπὸ Λάτμῳ).,[3]

Its site is located near Heraclea ad Latmum, Asiatic Turkey.[1][4]

References
  1. Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 61, and directory notes accompanying.
  2. Mogens Herman Hansen & Thomas Heine Nielsen (2004). "Karia". An inventory of archaic and classical poleis. New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 1126-1127. ISBN 0-19-814099-1.
  3. Strabo, Geography, §14.1.8
  4. Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.

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