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Myra
[edit]Myros, built on the sediment region of the Demre stream, is one of the cities which had a right to three votes in the ancient Myra Kingdom. The area is now covered with green houses.
One of its most important ruins is the mausoleum in the style of the lonian temple. It is known as the native town of St. Nicholas and the church is visited by many people.
The fish and sea food caught in the bay and served in local resturants is also famous. www.informationturkey.net —Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.162.155.68 (talk) 15:16, 12 April 2008 (UTC)
What does the name Myra mean? --Anaccuratesource (talk) 23:27, 14 April 2010 (UTC)
- The name's original meaning is almost certainly lost in the mists of the past. However if you can find a source.... --Erp (talk) 02:30, 16 April 2010 (UTC)
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Founding and Hellenization of Myra
[edit]I could find no accounts regarding the founding of the city of Myra. It is generally accepted even in ancient Greek sources that Lycians were leaving in organized societies and have established cities. The fact that the founding of Myra is not mentioned in ancient Greek sources suggests that the city preexisted its Hellenization. There are however numerous sources regarding the adoption of Hellenic customs and the Greek language in all of Lycia starting for the late classical period [1].
Based on these I suggest that 1307397616 is reverted. Gkaf (talk) 12:49, 23 August 2025 (UTC)
- The introduction may not be the best place to discuss the founding of the city. The evidence that support that the city was first inhabited by locals are the lack of any mentions of the city in early classical Greek sources, and that early tombs engravings used Lycian languages [2] before switching to Greek starting in the late classical period [1]. We should move this discussion in a dedicated section, and leave it in the introduction only if some source is found that discusses the issue of the founding of the city explicitly. Gkaf (talk) 11:34, 24 August 2025 (UTC)
References
- 1 2 Hülden, Oliver (18 December 2024). "The Cities of Lycia". In Heller, Anna; Hallmannsecker, Martin (eds.). The Oxford Handbook of Greek Cities in the Roman Empire. Oxford Handbooks. Oxford Academic. pp. 622–636. doi:10.1093/oxfordhb/9780192870933.013.43.
- ↑ Seyer, Martin; Vernet, Mariona (2023). "Some Terms for the Funerary Monuments of Lycia in the Classical Period: ñtipa" (PDF). Monographica Orientalia. New approaches on Anatolian linguistics. Series Anatolica et Indogermania. 22. Edicions de la Universitat de Barcelona: 217–239. ISBN 978-84-1050-001-3.
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