Myus
Mersin · Archaeological site
Catalogue label
- Type
- Ancient city
- Kind
- Archaeological site
- Province / district
- Mersin
- Elevation
- 37 m
- Wikidata
- Q85787406
About
Myus or Myous (Ancient Greek: Μυούς) was a town on the coast of ancient Cilicia, between Nagidus and Celenderis. William Smith conjectured it to be the same place as the Myanda or Mysanda mentioned by Pliny the Elder; and if so, also identical with the town of Mandane (Μανδάνη) mentioned in Stadiasmus Maris Magni as between Celenderis and Cape Pisidium or Posidium (modern Kızıl Burun), from which it was only 7 stadia distant. Modern scholarship tentatively accepts the identity with Myanda/Mysanda but rejects that of Mandane.
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Location
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The best-known places close by, in the shortest order from Myus: about 166 km and 2 h 45 min of travel, plus roughly 7 h 30 min for the visits.
50 km · 50 min by car
Aphrodisias of CiliciaMersin
46 km · 46 min by car
KelenderisMersin, Aydıncık
44 km · 44 min by car
NagidosMersin, Bozyazı
11 km · 11 min by car
Mamure CastleMersin, Anamur
15 km · 15 min by car
AnemuriumMersin, Anamur
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