Ancient site· Alanya, Antalya
Laertes
Laertes is a ancient site in Alanya, Antalya; Laertes was a town in ancient Cilicia, described by Strabo as a fortress, and is thought to be the home of the Greek philosopher Diogenes Laertius.
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- 36.5192°N · 32.1533°E
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Laertes was a town in ancient Cilicia, described by Strabo as a fortress, and is thought to be the home of the Greek philosopher Diogenes Laertius. It stood about 25 km east of Alanya, at the mouth of a valley in the Taurus Mountains at an altitude of 850 metres in a defensible setting. Surviving Roman-era remains include watchtowers, a semicircular seating unit in the agora, an odeon or theatre, temples to Zeus, Apollo and Caesar, a bath and a necropolis.
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