Hydai
Ancient siteMilas, Muğla
37.3033°N · 27.7049°E
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Hydai is a ancient site in Milas, Muğla; Hydai (Kydai) was a town of ancient Caria.
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- 37.3033°N · 27.7049°E
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Hydai (Kydai) was a town of ancient Caria. Its name does not appear in ancient authors but is inferred from epigraphic evidence; it was a polis and a member of the Delian League.
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- The ring wall around the acropolis was built dry-stone from gathered stones with undressed faces, 3.3 to 3.5 metres thick, and there is no evidence of a single tower along it.
- Apollo and Artemis were worshipped here as ancestral gods, with a temple to the pair built on the acropolis.
- The collection, dated to the third millennium BC, includes beak-spouted jugs, handled pots and two-handled tankards.
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