Temnos
Ancient siteMenemen, İzmir
38.6785°N · 27.1772°E
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Temnos is a ancient site in Menemen, İzmir; Temnos was a small Greek polis of ancient Aeolis, later incorporated into the Roman province of Asia, on the western coast of Anatolia.
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Temnos was a small Greek polis of ancient Aeolis, later incorporated into the Roman province of Asia, on the western coast of Anatolia. Its remains lie near the village of Görece in the Menemen district of İzmir.
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- Tetradrachms of Alexander type were still being struck at Temnos around 188-170 BC, long after his death.
- In the Byzantine period it was probably renamed Archangelus; in 1413 the Turks took its fortress and called it Kaiadjik, meaning little castle.
- One of the city's notable figures was the rhetorician Hermagoras.
- Its bishopric was a suffragan of Ephesus, and the Catholic Church has listed Temnos as a titular see since 1933.
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