Passanda

{{Short description|Town of ancient Caria}} {{for|the meat dish of India and Pakistan|Pasanda}} '''Passanda''' ({{langx|grc|Πάσσανδα}}) or '''Pasanda''' (Πάσανδα) was a town of [[ancient Caria]]. It was a member of the [[Delian League]] since it appears in tribute records of [[ancient Athens|Athens]] between the years 450/49 and 421/0 BCE, paying a ''[[phoros]]'' of 3000 [[ancient Greek drachma|drachmae]].<ref name=Poleis>{{cite book|author= Mogens Herman Hansen & Thomas Heine Nielsen |title= An inventory of archaic and classical poleis|url= https://archive.org/details/inventoryarchaic00hans |url-access= limited |year= 2004|publisher= [[Oxford University Press]]|location=New York|isbn= 0-19-814099-1|chapter= Karia|page= [https://archive.org/details/inventoryarchaic00hans/page/n1147 1131]}}</ref> For at least part of the [[Hellenistic period]], it belonged to the territory of [[Kaunos]]. Passanda is also mentioned by [[Stephanus of Byzantium]] and by the [[Stadiasmus]].<ref name=Poleis/> The latter places it at a distance of thirty [[stadion (unit)|stadia]] from [[Kaunos]].<ref>''[[Stadiasmus Maris Magni]]'' § 265.</ref>

Its site is located near [[Gökbel, Ortaca|Gökbel]], in [[Ortaca]] district, [[Muğla Province]], [[Turkey]].<ref name=Barrington>{{Barrington Atlas|page=65}}</ref><ref>{{Cite DARE|27789}}</ref>

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[[Category:Populated places in ancient Caria]] [[Category:Former populated places in Turkey]] [[Category:Members of the Delian League]] [[Category:Ortaca]] [[Category:History of Muğla Province]]