Celaenae
Ancient siteDinar, Afyonkarahisar
38.0669°N · 30.1693°E
Kelainai
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Celaenae is a ancient site in Dinar, Afyonkarahisar; Celaenae (Kelainai) was an ancient city of Phrygia and capital of the Persian satrapy of Greater Phrygia, situated near the source of the Maeander River on the great trade route to the East in what is today west-central Turkey.
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Celaenae (Kelainai) was an ancient city of Phrygia and capital of the Persian satrapy of Greater Phrygia, situated near the source of the Maeander River on the great trade route to the East in what is today west-central Turkey. The city was later known as Apamea Cibotus.
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- In 394 BC the Spartan king Agesilaus II consulted an oracle about attacking the city; the omens were unfavourable and he withdrew to Ephesus.
- The stream rising near the acropolis was named after the satyr Marsyas, ran 25 feet wide and emptied into the Menderes.
- Under Rome it was one of twenty Anatolian cities striking bronze coinage, and it also served as a judicial centre.
- Excavation continues at the theatre on the western slope of a natural hill; a stadium lies west of Tekke Tepe.
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