EGETÜRKİYE

Colophon acropolis dry-stone walls, olive hill, and Menderes plain.
Colophon Ancient City Birthplace of Elegiac Poet Hermesianax and Leontion Acropolis

Research inventory

İzmirmenderesIonia & Aeolis

Colophon Ancient City Birthplace of Elegiac Poet Hermesianax and Leontion Acropolis

Reading the place

Not one monument, but a layered setting.

Colophon Birthplace of Elegiac Poet Hermesianax represents the 3rd century BC author of Leontion monument.

Translation status

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Source review status

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İzmir · menderes

Research note

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How to use this dossier

Read this dossier with its 2 linked source records and Ionia & Aeolis, Hellenistic era, Roman era, Ottoman era, National Struggle & Republic, The Aegean today period mapping. Check source scope and date before making a visitor decision; narrative and district links open the wider cultural network around the place.

Narratives that include this place

Periods

  • Ionia & Aeolis
  • Hellenistic era
  • Roman era
  • Ottoman era
  • National Struggle & Republic
  • The Aegean today

Regional context

İzmir & the Peninsula

Research sources

District guide

Menderes

Province guide

İzmir