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Phellus
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Phellus (Phellos, Wehnti; Φέλλος) is the site of an ancient Lycian city, situated in a mountainous area near Çukurbağ in Antalya Province,Turkey. The city was mentioned by the Greek geographer and philosopher Strabo in his Geographica. Antiphellusserved as the city's port.
There was in the past some confusion amongst scholars about the exact location of Phellus. In 1840, using Greek inscriptions that were difficult to read, the English explorer and archaeologist Charles Fellows considered the city to be located near the village of Saaret.
Phellus (Phellos: "stony ground") was an ancient Lycian city, that first appeared in the records when it was mentioned by the Greek historian and geographer Hecataeus in 500 BC, who incorrectly located it in Pamphylia. Scylax of Caryanda, writing in the late 6th or early 5th century BC, mentioned Phellus. Tombs at Phellus provide some of the earliest evidence for the settlement of the region by the Lycians.
The city was a member of the Lycian League, during a period when it controlled lands in the region, and the castles at Bayındır and Limanı. According to Hecataeus, the Lycian name for the city was Vehinda. The settlement is unusual in being known nowadays by its Greek name. The Lycians used their own name for the city. Jan Zahle's analysis of the distribution and nature of Lycian tombs concludes that during the classical period, Phellos, Limyra and Patara were cities that ranked just below Xanthos in importance. During the 5th century, members of the Xanthian royal family resided there, and so the city at one time played a central political role. However, urban expansion did not occur, although a small theatre was constructed, and the classical monuments were carefully preserved by successive generation.
Phellus was inland, and Antiphellus, a coastal settlement to the south, served as its port. Phellus, unlike Antiphellus, is not mentioned in the Roman guidebook for sailors, the Stadiasmus Maris Magni.
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