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Lycian ruins in Turkey

For the town of ancient Caria, see [Tlos (Caria)](/source/Tlos_(Caria)).

Tlos The Acropolis Location of Tlos in Turkey 36°33′9.13″N 29°25′14.86″E / 36.5525361°N 29.4207944°E / 36.5525361; 29.4207944 Type Settlement Cultures Lycian, Roman, Byzantine, Ottoman Location Mugla Province, Turkey Region Lycia

**Tlos** ([Lycian](/source/Lycian_language): 𐊗𐊍𐊀𐊇𐊀 *Tlawa*, [Hittite](/source/Hittite_language): 𒁕𒆷𒉿 *Dalawa*, [Ancient Greek](/source/Ancient_Greek_language): Τλώς or Τλῶς) was an ancient [Lycian](/source/Lycia) city near the modern town of [Seydikemer](/source/Seydikemer) in the [Mugla Province](/source/Mugla_Province) of southern [Turkey](/source/Turkey), some 4 kilometres northwest of Saklıkent Gorge.

It was one of the oldest and largest cities of Lycia.

## Location

Tlos lies on the east side of the [Xanthos](/source/Xanthus_(river)) valley atop a rocky outcrop that slopes up from a plateau from a modern village and ends on the west, north and northeast in almost perpendicular cliffs.

## Name

The [Greek](/source/Greek_language) name Tlos comes from the earlier [Lycian](/source/Lycian_language) name Tlawa.[1] The city is mentioned as Dalawa in Hittite documents.[2]

## History

Cities of ancient Lycia

Archaeological remains from the city centre and at nearby sites (the caves at Girmeler and Tavabaşı) suggest that the foundation of the city started more than 4,000 years ago.[3]

It is known as 'Tlawa' in local Lycian inscriptions and as ‘Dalawa’ in the [Hittite](/source/Hittites) sources which shows the importance of the city as early as the 15th century BC in the Late Bronze Age.[4]

Tlos seemingly became part of the [Persian Empire](/source/Persian_Empire) and lost its independence when the Persians led by [Harpagus](/source/Harpagus) invaded Lycia in 540 BC. It became prosperous during this period of Persian rule from the 5th to the late 4th century BC. Later, in the Hellenistic period, its importance is shown by being one of the six principal cities of the [Lycian League](/source/Lycian_League) to which in 168 BC Rome granted autonomy instead of dependence on [Rhodes](/source/Rhodes). Inscriptions reveal that citizens of Tlos were divided into demes (social subdivisions), and the names of three of them are known: [Bellerophon](/source/Bellerophon), [Iobates](/source/Iobates) and [Sarpedon](/source/Sarpedon), famous Lycian heroes of legend.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*]

In the Roman era it kept its importance within the Lycian League when the city bore the title of ‘very brilliant metropolis of the Lycian nation’.

An earthquake in 141 AD destroyed many monuments of the city. [Opramoas](/source/Opramoas) of [Rhodiapolis](/source/Rhodiapolis) and another wealthy philanthropist financed much 2nd-century AD civic re-building works. Another earthquake caused much destruction in 240 AD.

A Jewish community is also known to have existed with its own magistrates.

## In myth

In mythology, it was the city inhabited by hero [Bellerophon](/source/Bellerophon) and his winged horse [Pegasus](/source/Pegasus). It is known that the king-type tomb in the necropolis is dedicated to Bellerophon.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*]

The Byzantine grammarian [Stephanus of Byzantium](/source/Stephanus_of_Byzantium) reports a mythic tradition that the city was named after one of the sons of the [nymph](/source/Nymph) Praxidike ([Ancient Greek](/source/Ancient_Greek_language): Πραξιδίκη) and Tremilus ([Ancient Greek](/source/Ancient_Greek_language): Τρέμιλος).[5] Praxidike was a daughter of [Ogyges](/source/Ogyges) ([Ancient Greek](/source/Ancient_Greek_language): Ωγύγης).[6]

## The Site

Tlos was rediscovered by [Charles Fellows](/source/Charles_Fellows) in 1838 and was followed by the explorer [Thomas Abel Brimage Spratt](/source/Thomas_Abel_Brimage_Spratt), who thought that "a grander site for a great city could scarcely have been selected in all Lycia."

Regular excavations have been undertaken by an interdisciplinary team since 2005.[7]

The influence of many cultures upon Tlos has resulted in a patchwork of buildings dominated by an [acropolis](/source/Acropolis) and fortress.

In early Lycian times the city's settlement was likely concentrated on the southern and western slopes. Wide terraces with cisterns and the back walls of buildings carved from the rock are found there, as well as an [agora](/source/Agora), a [theatre](/source/Theatre) for plays and concerts, public Roman baths and the remains of an early Byzantine church.

### The Acropolis

Acropolis

The top of the hill was chosen for the ruler's palace complex dating from the early [Classical period](/source/Classical_Greece). A Lycian fortress there is evident by the remains of a Lycian wall and Roman-era wall. The Ottomans constructed a fort for the local feudal governor Kanlı Ali Ağa (Bloody Chief Ali) upon the foundations of the fortress.

Public buildings dating from the [Hellenistic period](/source/Hellenistic_period) lie on the slopes of the acropolis. The sanctuary thought to be for the local Lycian deity Trggas stands on a platform formed by quarrying the rock on the northern slope of the acropolis next to the palace.

On the slopes leading up to the acropolis are numerous Lycian [sarcophagi](/source/Sarcophagi) and many house-type of rock tombs and temple-type rock tombs cut into the rock face of the hill. One such is the Tomb of [Bellerophon](/source/Bellerophon), a large temple-type tomb with an unfinished facade of four columns featuring a relief in its porch of the legendary hero Bellerophon riding on his winged horse so called as [Pegasus](/source/Pegasus). A carving of a [lion](/source/Lion) or [leopard](/source/Leopard) is inside the tomb.

### The Stadium

The Stadium

At the foot of the hill is a [stadium](/source/Stadium) with [seating capacity](/source/Seating_capacity) for 2,500 people. It dates from the Hellenistic period with additions and alterations from the Roman period.

A long pool of 72 x 8.3 m and 1 m depth in parallel to the track of the stadium is well preserved and has a fountain in front. This pool shows that the stadium area was also used for social and ritual activities. The northern, southern and eastern sides of the stadium were originally surrounded a columned portico.

Parallel with the stadium is what researchers presume is two-storey, 150-metre long market more than 30 feet wide with small rectangular doors and large arched doors in its west wall. The building is constructed of carefully jointed ashlar masonry. At the south end is a wider building with several chambers and four large arched doors.

### The Baths

Great Roman Baths

Small Roman baths

There are two adjacent baths; the Great Bath is located on a slope southwest of the city centre and consists of three rooms following the plan of typical Lycian baths. An apse with seven windows overlooks the Tlos valley below. This room could be the "exedra in the public baths" donated by [Opramoas](/source/Opramoas) to Tlos and would date to 100-150 AD.

The eastern room of the bath with a monumental door is the cold room (frigidarium). A small pool at the top of steps was also built in the apsidal part of the room. Two doors in the western wall connect to the warm room (tepidarium) heated from the floor and the side walls. The western room was the hot room (caldarium). Because of a small Byzantine church built into it, the warm room has lost most of it original features. The cold room was also used as a cemetery in the Byzantine period.

The smaller public bath[8] was probably first built in the early Roman period and comprises three rooms but does not have the plan of a typical Lycian baths. The eastern room is the cold room (frigidarium). An arched gate on the northern wall leads to a [palaestra](/source/Palaestra) measuring 63 x 45 m and surrounded by a colonnade. The northern and southern sides of the palaestra also contain dressing rooms and a fountain. Inscriptions indicate that the baths were restored after the devastating earthquake of the 141 AD and again after a second in 240 AD. Another room to the west may have been part of the complex. All the rooms had barrel-vaulted ceilings.

Also near the baths are the remains of a Byzantine church, temple and what is believed to have been the [agora](/source/Agora). The latter is located across the road from the theatre.

### The Theatre

Roman Theatre

The theatre lies on the eastern slope of the city and is one of the best preserved monuments. Architectural details and an inscription mentioning its restoration in the 1st century BC indicate that it might have been built in the Hellenistic period.[9] Inscriptions also record that donations were made by private citizens and priests, ranging from 3,000 denarii by the priest of [Dionysus](/source/Dionysus) and high priest of the Cabiria to lesser amounts of 100 denarii. The benefactor Opramoas also made a very large donation for the theatre. The inscriptions uncovered here show that it witnessed several renovations in the Roman period over at least 150 years.

It was once one of the major theatres of Lycia in terms of its architectural design, with its three-storey stage and large auditorium (cavea). A small temple on the top level of the auditorium also makes it unusual. The diameter of the orchestra, slightly exceeding a semicircular shape, is 20.5 m. The stone seats reserved for VIPs (proedria) are placed above the horizontal walkway. Another notable feature is the floral and figurative stone decorations on the façade of the stage.

## Bishopric

Tlos became a [Christian](/source/Christianity) [bishopric](/source/Bishopric), a [suffragan](/source/Suffragan) of the [metropolitan see](/source/Metropolitan_see) of [Mira](/source/Mira), capital of the [Roman province](/source/Roman_province) of [Lycia](/source/Lycia). It was represented at the [Council of Chalcedon](/source/Council_of_Chalcedon) in 451 by its bishop Andreas, who also was a signatory of the letter that in 458 the bishops of the province sent to [Byzantine Emperor](/source/Byzantine_Emperor) [Leo I the Thracian](/source/Leo_I_the_Thracian) about the murder of [Proterius of Alexandria](/source/Proterius_of_Alexandria). Eustathius was at [the synod](/source/Council_of_Constantinople_(536)) convoked by [Patriarch Menas of Constantinople](/source/Patriarch_Menas_of_Constantinople) in 536. Ioannes was at the [Trullan Council](/source/Trullan_Council) of 692. Constantinus took part in the [Second Council of Nicaea](/source/Second_Council_of_Nicaea) (787). Another Andreas was at the [Photian](/source/Photius) [Council of Constantinople (879)](/source/Council_of_Constantinople_(879)).[10][11]

No longer a residential bishopric, Tlos is today listed by the [Catholic Church](/source/Catholic_Church) as a [titular see](/source/Titular_see).[12]

Among the titular bishops of Tlos were: [George Hilary Brown](/source/George_Brown_(bishop_of_Liverpool)) (titular bishop 22 April 1842 – 29 September 1850, when he was created [bishop of Liverpool](/source/Archbishop_of_Liverpool)), [Charles-François Baillargeon](/source/Charles-Fran%C3%A7ois_Baillargeon) (titular bishop 14 January 1851 – 25 August 1867, when he was created [Archbishop of Quebec](/source/Archbishop_of_Quebec)), [Martin Griver](/source/Martin_Griver) (titular bishop 1 October 1869 – 22 July 1873, when he was created bishop of [Perth](/source/Perth), [Australia](/source/Australia)); [Eugène-Louis Kleiner](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Eug%C3%A8ne-Louis_Kleiner&action=edit&redlink=1) (titular bishop from 17 June 1910 until his death on 19 August 1915); [Paciano Aniceto](/source/Paciano_Aniceto) (titular bishop from 7 April 1979 until 20 October 1983, when he was created Bishop of [Iba](/source/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Iba)); [Carl Anthony Fisher](/source/Carl_Anthony_Fisher) (titular bishop from 23 December 1986 until his death on 2 September 1993).[13]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Bryce, Trevor (2006). [*The Trojans and their Neighbours*](https://books.google.com/books?id=5YV6hwUmTpYC) (1st ed.). Routledge. p. 82. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9780415349550](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780415349550).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Özdemir, Bilsen Şerife (2016). *Tlos Tanrıları ve Kültleri* (PhD) (in Turkish). Akdeniz Üniversitesi. p. 19.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** T. Korkut, A Lycian City on the Slopes of the Akdağ Mountains (2016)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Ancient City of Tlos [http://tlos.akdeniz.edu.tr/english/](http://tlos.akdeniz.edu.tr/english/) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20221015170257/http://tlos.akdeniz.edu.tr/english/) 2022-10-15 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** [Stephanus of Byzantium, Ethnica, T627.1](https://topostext.org/work/241#T627.1)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** [Stephanus of Byzantium, Ethnica, T633.8](https://topostext.org/work/241#T633.8)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** Excavations at the Ancient City of Tlos (2005-2017), Taner KORKUT – Gül IŞIN – Çilem UYGUN – Bilsen ÖZDEMİR, ANMED 16 2018, 132-141

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** The Gymnasium-Baths [http://tlos.akdeniz.edu.tr/english/site/the-gymnasium-baths/](http://tlos.akdeniz.edu.tr/english/site/the-gymnasium-baths/)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** The Theatre [http://tlos.akdeniz.edu.tr/english/site/the-theatre/](http://tlos.akdeniz.edu.tr/english/site/the-theatre/)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** Michel Lequien, [*Oriens christianus in quatuor Patriarchatus digestus*](https://books.google.com/books?id=0agp0mJFG_sC), Paris 1740, Vol. I, coll. 979-980

1. **[^](#cite_ref-11)** Pius Bonifacius Gams, [*Series episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae*](http://www.wbc.poznan.pl/dlibra/doccontent?id=65154&dirids=1), Leipzig 1931, p. 449

1. **[^](#cite_ref-12)** *Annuario Pontificio 2013* (Libreria Editrice Vaticana 2013 [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-88-209-9070-1](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-88-209-9070-1)), p. 993

1. **[^](#cite_ref-13)** [Catholic Hierarchy](http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/d3t50.html)

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- Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). ["Tlos"](https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Catholic_Encyclopedia_(1913)/Tlos). *[Catholic Encyclopedia](/source/Catholic_Encyclopedia)*. New York: Robert Appleton Company.

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Moukaporis Myrileion Narco Nassete Nausikleia Nausimachion Neandreia Neapolis on the Bosphorus Neapolis on the Thracian Chersonese Neonteichos Nerola Nicomedia Oka Ontoraita Ophryneion Orestias Orni Ostreodes Pactya Paeon Paesus Palodes Panion Pantichium Parabolos Parium Paulines Pegae in Mysia Pegae in Thrace Pege Pentephyle Percote Pericharaxis Perinthus Petrozetoi Pharmakia Phidalia Petra Phiela Philia Phosphorus Pionia Pitheci Portus Placia Ploketta Poemanenum Poleatikon Polychron Polymedium Potamoi Potamonion Praenetus Pratomysia Prepa Priapus Prindea Proconnesus Proochthoi Prusa Psarela Psyllium Pyrrhias Cyon Pytheion Rhebas Rhegion Rhesion Rhoiteion Rouphinianai Salmydessus Sangarus Scamandria Scamandrus Scepsis Scylace Scylla Selymbria Serrion Teichos Sestos Sigeion Sirkanos Smintheion Soka Strobilos Sykai Syllanta Tarpodizo Tarsus in Bithynia Tattaios Tenba Terbos Tesderamoska Tetrakomia Tipaso Tragasai Thynias Traron Tricomia in Bithynia Troy (Hisarlik) Tyrodiza Tzurulum Urisio Utsurgae Zeleia Mediterranean Acalissus Acarassus Adada Adrasus Aegae Agrae Alalakh Amelas Anabura in Pisidia Anazarbus Anchiale Andeda Andriaca Anemurium Ano Kotradis Antigoneia Antioch on the Orontes Antioch of Pisidia Antiochia Lamotis Antioch on the Cragus Antioch on the Pyramis Antiphellus Aperlae Aphrodisias of Cilicia Apollonia in Lycia Arabissus Araxa Ariassus Arima Arnabanda Arneae Arsada Arsinoe Artanada Arycanda Aspendos Augai Augusta Aulae Aunesis Bab al-Hawa Border Crossing Balbura Baris Bindaios Bubon Cabassus Cadrema Cadyanda Callimache Calynda Carallia Carmylessus Casae Castabala Ceretapa Cestrus Charadrus Choma Cibyra Mikra Claudiopolis Colybrassus Comama Comana in Cappadocia Comba Conana Coracesium Corycium Antrum Corycus (Kızkalesi) Corydala Cremna Cretopolis Crya Cyaneae Cyrrhus Daedala Dalisandus in Isauria Dalisandus in Pamphylia Damasei Dias Diocaesarea Domuztepe Elaiussa Sebaste Elbessos Emirzeli Epiphania Erymna Etenna Eudocia (Lycia) Eudocias (Pamphylia) Flaviopolis Gagae Gözlükule Hacilar Hadrianopolis in Pisidia Halae Hamaxia Hierapolis Hippucome Holmi Hyia Idebessos Idyros Iotape Irenopolis Isaura Nea Isaura Palaea Isba Isinda in Lycia Isinda in Pisidia Issus Istlada Juliosebaste Kalanthia Kalelibelen Kandyba Kanytelis Karakabaklı Karatepe Karkabo Kastellon Kendema Keraia Kibyra Kiphisos Kirkota Kitanaura Kodroula Kolbasa Korasion Korma Kynosarion Laertes Lagbe Lamos Lebessus Legeita Limnae in Pamphylia Limnae in Pisidia Limyra Lissa Lycae Lyrbe Lysinia Magarsa Magastara Magydus Mallus Malus in Pisidia Mampsoukrenai Mamure Castle Manava Mandane Marciana Marmara (Mnara) Mastaura Meloë Melanippe Meriana Mezgitkale Moatra Mopsucrene Mopsuestia Morka Moron Hydor Moumoustra Mylae Mylios Myra Myriandus Nagidos Nauloi Neapolis in Pisidia Nephelis Nisa Octapolis Olba Olbasa Olbia Olympus Öküzlü Onobara Orokenda Otanada Ouerbe Padyandus Palaeopolis Panemotichus Panhormus Pargais Parlais Patara Pednelissus Perga Perminounda Phaselis Phellus Philadelphia in Cilicia Philaea Phoenicus Phoenix in Lycia Pisarissos Pisurgia Placoma Platanus Podalia Pogla Prostanna Pseudokorasion Ptolemais Rhodiapolis Rhoscopus Rhosus Rygmanoi Sabandus Sagalassos Sandalium Saraganda Sebeda Seleucia in Pamphylia Seleucia Pieria Seleucia Sidera Selge Selinus Seroiata Serraepolis Sia Sibidounda Sibyla Side Siderus Sidyma Sillyon Simena Sinda Siricae Soli Solyma Sozopolis Sura Syca Syedra Takina Tapureli Tardequeia Tarsus Teimiussa Tell Judaidah Tell Tayinat Telmessos Telmessos (Caria) Tenedos Termessos Tetrapyrgia in Cappadocia Tetrapyrgia in Pamphylia Titiopolis Tityassus Tlos Toriaeum Tragalassus Trebendae Trebenna Trysa Tyberissus Tyinda Tymandus Tynada Typallia Xanthos Yanıkhan Yumuktepe Zenopolis in Isauria Zenopolis in Lycia Zephyrium on the Calycadnus Southeastern Anatolia Amida Antioch in the Taurus Antioch in Mesopotamia (Constantia) Apamea on the Euphrates Carcathiocerta Carchemish Çayönü Dabanas Dara Doliche Edessa Göbekli Tepe Hallan Çemi Tepesi Harran Khashshum Kussara Matiate Nevalı Çori Nicopolis in Cilicia Nisibis Sakçagözü Sam'al Samosata Sareisa Seleucia at the Zeugma Sitai Sultantepe Tille Tushhan Urima Urshu Zeugma

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