Teos
Sign in to saveTeos () or Teo was an ancient Greek city on the coast of Ionia, on a peninsula between Chytrium and Myonnesus. It was founded by Minyans from Orchomenus, Ionians and Boeotians, but the date of its foundation is unknown. Teos was one of the twelve cities which formed the Ionian League. The city was situated on a low hilly isthmus. Its ruins are located to the south of the modern town of Sığacık in the Seferihisar district of İzmir Province, Turkey.
Key facts
- Ancient site.name
- Teos
- Ancient site.native_name
- Τέως
- Ancient site.alternate_name
- Teo
- Ancient site.image
- İzmir,_Turkey_(Unsplash_fxXoSky-LU4).jpg
- Ancient site.caption
- Ruins of the theatre in Teos
- Ancient site.map_type
- Turkey
- Ancient site.map_alt
- Teos is located on the western coast of Turkey.
- Ancient site.map_size
- 270
- Ancient site.location
- Sığacık, İzmir Province, Turkey
- Ancient site.region
- Ionia
- Ancient site.type
- Settlement
- Ancient site.epochs
- Archaic Greek to Roman Imperial
- Ancient site.cultures
- Greek, Roman
- Ancient site.occupants
- Andron, Anacreon, Antimachus, Apellicon, Hecataeus of Abdera, Nausiphanes, Protagoras, Scythinus
- Ancient site.condition
- Ruined
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Encyclopedic overview
11 sectionsContents
- History
- Iron Age
- Classical Age
- Persian period
- Roman period
- The site today
- Notable people
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
Teos () or Teo was an ancient Greek city on the coast of Ionia, on a peninsula between Chytrium and Myonnesus. It was founded by Minyans from Orchomenus, Ionians and Boeotians, but the date of its foundation is unknown. Teos was one of the twelve cities which formed the Ionian League. The city was situated on a low hilly isthmus. Its ruins are located to the south of the modern town of Sığacık in the Seferihisar district of İzmir Province, Turkey.
thumb|left|Theatre in Teos ancient city
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Teos” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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