Ancient site· Bodrum, Muğla
Theangela
Theangela is a ancient site in Bodrum, Muğla; Theangela was a town in ancient Caria that, after Alexander the Great's conquest of the region, was placed under the jurisdiction of Halicarnassus.
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- 37.0445°N · 27.5949°E
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Theangela was a town in ancient Caria that, after Alexander the Great's conquest of the region, was placed under the jurisdiction of Halicarnassus. A polis and member of the Delian League, it was in a sympoliteia (union of cities) with Cildara and Thodosa, and was the birthplace of the 4th-century BC historian Philip of Theangela. The site lies today near the Etrim quarter of Pınarlıbelen village in the Bodrum district of Muğla, reached by a roughly 9 km woodland path from Etrim.
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A Carian city near Pınarlıbelen in Bodrum, wrapped in three and a half to four kilometres of wall that takes in three hilltops at once. Its original name was Souangela, later Hellenised to Theangela. Mausolus rebuilt it in the 4th century BC and Alexander placed it under Halicarnassus. Towers, three cisterns, a vaulted stone tomb and an Athena sanctuary with Archaic sculpture all survive. But the sharpest trace the city left is a tax record: an agreement with Eupolemus setting the levy on its beehives. Theangela was a serious honey producer, exporting to Egypt. It was abandoned in the 2nd century BC.
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Did you know
- The clearest economic record the city left is an agreement taxing its beehives.
- Inside the walls stands a stadium-like structure 45.7 metres long.
- The vaulted stone tomb is attributed to Pigres, who governed here in the 5th century BC.
- Forty-seven Hellenistic terracotta figurines from the site are in the Istanbul Archaeological Museums.
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