Termera

Termera (Ancient Greek: Τέρμερα), also known as Termerum or Termeron (Τερμερον), was a maritime town of ancient Caria on the south coast of the peninsula of Halicarnassus, near Cape Termerium.[1][2][3] Stephanus of Byzantium erroneously assigns the town to Lycia.[4] It was a polis (city-state) and a member of the Delian League.[5] Under the Romans this Dorian town was a free city. According to the Suda the place gave rise to the proverbial expression Τερμέρια κακά, it being used as a prison by the rulers of Caria.[6] In Greek mythology, it was founded by Termerus, after whom it was named.

Its site is located near Asarlık, Asiatic Turkey.[7][8]

References
  1. Herodotus. Histories. 5.37.
  2. Strabo. Geographica. xiv. p.657. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
  3. Pliny. Naturalis Historia. 5.29.
  4. Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. s.v. τὰ Τέρμερα.
  5. Mogens Herman Hansen & Thomas Heine Nielsen (2004). "Karia". An inventory of archaic and classical poleis. New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 1134-1135. ISBN 0-19-814099-1.
  6. Suda, s.v.
  7. Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 61, and directory notes accompanying.
  8. 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). "Termera". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.



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