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Myus

Mersin · Archaeological site

Catalogue label

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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Visiting here? The next 5 places nearby

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.

  1. 50 km · 50 min by car

  2. 46 km · 46 min by car

    Kelenderis

    Mersin, Aydıncık

  3. 44 km · 44 min by car

    Nagidos

    Mersin, Bozyazı

  4. 11 km · 11 min by car

    Mamure Castle

    Mersin, Anamur

  5. 15 km · 15 min by car

    Anemurium

    Mersin, Anamur

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