Explore: Priene (extinct City)

romanised: Wiluša; Ancient Greek: Ἴλιον, romanised: Ī́lion) was an ancient city located in present-day Hisarlik, Turkey. It is best known as the setting

Ardys attacked the Ionian Greek city of Miletus and succeeded in capturing the city of Priene, after which Priene would remain under direct rule of

Byzantine Anatolia included Assos, Ephesus, Miletus, Nicaea, Pergamum, Priene, Sardis, and Aphrodisias. From the mid-5th century onwards, urbanism was

Mazares marched his troops into the Greek country and subdued the cities of Magnesia and Priene. The fate of Pactyas is unknown, but after capture, he was probably

becoming priests and also bishops. In the 6th century, this movement became extinct. Since 2001, Peter Lampe of the University of Heidelberg has directed annual

influenced by a neighbouring language: a. The dialect of Miletus, Myus, and Priene, and their colonies, influenced by Carian; b. The Ionic of Ephesos, Kolophon

tradition, and an inscription from 283 BC mentioned that the Greek city-states of Samos and Priene were still engaging in a lawsuit disputing the territory of

include men with erect phalluses, hunting scenes, red images of the now extinct aurochs (wild cattle) and stags, and vultures swooping down on headless

Cumalıkızık: the Birth of the Ottoman Empire". UNESCO. Retrieved 8 August 2016. "City of Safranbolu". UNESCO. Retrieved 8 August 2016. "Diyarbakır Fortress and

stones for building materials. Surviving inscriptions written in the now extinct Lycian language date from the 4th century BCE. The restored Hellenistic