# Assesos

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{{Short description|Town of ancient Caria}}
'''Assesos''' or '''Assesus''' ({{langx|grc|Ἀσσησός}}) was a small ancient Greek town in the region of [Caria](/source/Caria) in [Asia Minor](/source/Asia_Minor), in the territory of Miletus, and the site of a sanctuary of [Athena](/source/Athena) [Assesia](/source/Assesia) ({{langx|grc|Ἀσσησία Ἀθηνᾶ}}).<ref>[https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.19 HERODOTUS, HISTORIES, § 1.19]</ref><ref>[http://cts.perseids.org/read/greekLit/tlg0616/tlg001/1st1K-grc1/6.47 Polyaenus, Strategems, § 6.47.1]</ref><ref>[https://topostext.org/work/241#A136.4 STEPHANUS OF BYZANTIUM, ETHNICA, § A136.4]</ref> It is mentioned by [Herodotus](/source/Herodotus) in his ''[Histories](/source/Histories_(Herodotus))'' (I.18–23) in the context of an episode during the war between the [Lydia](/source/Lydia)ns under [Sadyattes](/source/Sadyattes) and the Milesians in the late 7th century BC, when Lydian troops destroyed the sanctuary with fire. Herodotus also writes that after a peace, [Alyattes of Lydia](/source/Alyattes_of_Lydia) built two temples dedicated to Athena at the city, following the advice of the [Pythia](/source/Pythia).<ref>[https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.22 HERODOTUS, HISTORIES, § 1.22]</ref>

The site of the ancient settlement has been identified by archaeologists at the modern location [Mengerev Tepe](/source/Mengerev_Tepe), some 7&nbsp;km south-east of ancient Miletus. Assesos was discovered on Mengerev Tepe in 1992.

==References==
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*Peter Herrmann, Denis Feissel (2006): ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=nHT5to556ygC&dq=Herodot+%22Assesos+%22&pg=PA172 Inschriften von Milet: Milet. Inschriften n. 1020 - 1580]'', Vol.3/6, p.&nbsp;172
*Alan M. Greaves (2002) ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=BLHVL7lXWtAC&dq=%22mengerevtepe%22&pg=PA171 Miletus: A history]''. London: Routledge. p.&nbsp;75

Category:Archaeological sites in the Aegean region
Category:History of Aydın Province
Category:Ancient Greek archaeological sites in Turkey
Category:Populated places in ancient Caria

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