Pedasa
Pedasa (Ancient Greek: Πήδασα or τὰ Πήδασα), also known as Pedasus or Pedasos (Πήδασος),[1] and as Pedasum,[2] was a town of ancient Caria. It was a polis (city-state) by c. 400 BCE.[3] Alexander the Great deprived the place of its independence by giving it over to the Halicarnassians, together with five other neighbouring towns.[2]
For another town in Caria also called Pedasa, see Pidasa. For the town of ancient Mysia, see Pedasa (Mysia).
It was a member of the Delian League.[4]
People
- Hermotimus of Pedasa, favourite eunuch of Xerxes the Great
References
- Suda, pi.1497
- Pliny. Naturalis Historia. 5.29.
- Mogens Herman Hansen & Thomas Heine Nielsen (2004). An inventory of archaic and classical poleis. New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 1305, 1334. ISBN 0-19-814099-1.
- Athenian Tribute Lists
- Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 61, and directory notes accompanying.
- Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Pedasa". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
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