Aydın
Menderes valley. Read through place dossiers, regional narratives and source records.
Aydın is read within the <a href="/en/bolge/guney-ege">Southern Aegean</a> narrative through links between places, periods and stories.
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Table and production narratives
- The long work of stone at Aphrodisias: from quarry to apprentice, Aphrodite to Geyre
- Progradation of the Büyük Menderes Delta and Silting of the Latmic Gulf (6th c. BCE — 6th c. CE)
- From Domatia Greek Stone Houses to Karina Pier and Thebae Walls: Mount Mykale Mansions, Lagoon Fisheries, and Hellenistik Fortresses
- Population Exchange of Eski Doğanbey (Domatia) and Trade at Karina Customs Pier (1923 CE)
- From İzmir Epicurus' Teos Garden to Nysa Aristodemus Library and Miletus Hecataeus Map: Epicureanism, Roman Rhetoric, and World's First Map
- From the Latmos Mountains to the Walls of Alinda: Herakleia Rock Art, the Temple of Zeus at Euromos, and Queen Ada
- Meanders of the Maeander: Landlocked Cities from the Latmic Gulf to Lake Bafa
- From Muğla Bodrum Scylax Explorations to Balıkesir Xenocles Oratory and Aydın Nysa Strabo Geography: Maritime Exploration, Roman Oratory, and World Geography
- Freedom Battle of the Aegean on Mount Mycale: The Fall of the Persian Fleet and the Revival of Panionion
- From the Canyon Library of Nysa to Mastaura Amphitheater and Arpaz Castle
Culture and memory narratives
- Reconstruction of Smyrna by Emperor Marcus Aurelius Following the Plea of Aelius Aristides (178 AD)
- Alabanda Karian League Sacred Council Assembly and Zeus Chrysaoreus Festival (200 BCE)
- From Alabanda to Amyzon Sanctuary and Piginda Fortress: Zeus Chrysaoreus Temple, Satrap Mausolus Decree, and 3,000-Seat Mountain Theater
- The long work of stone at Aphrodisias: from quarry to apprentice, Aphrodite to Geyre
- From Atça Grid City Plan to Tepeköy Painted Mosque and Yeşilyurt Water Mills: 1926 Paris-Inspired Layout, 18th-Century Wall Murals, and Dandalas Water Wheels
- Reconstruction of Atça with Paris-Inspired Radial-Grid Master Plan (1926)
- From Aydın Alabanda Hermogenes' Architecture to Nysa Dionysius Thrax Grammar and Ephesus Apollonius Dyskolos Syntax: Classical Architecture, World Grammar, and Syntax Theory
- From Aydın Alabanda Papinianus Law to Tralles Metrodorus Geometry and Halicarnassus Timotheus Mausoleum: Roman Jurisprudence, Hagia Sophia Geometry, and Mausoleum Sculptures
- Appointment of Physician Galen of Pergamon as Personal Doctor to Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius (169 AD)
- Progradation of the Büyük Menderes Delta and Silting of the Latmic Gulf (6th c. BCE — 6th c. CE)
- Geographer Strabo's Education at Nysa ad Maeandrum and the Roman Library (50 BCE)
- From Domatia Greek Stone Houses to Karina Pier and Thebae Walls: Mount Mykale Mansions, Lagoon Fisheries, and Hellenistik Fortresses
- Erection of the Seikilos Musical Inscription Stele at Tralleis (100 CE)
- Authoring of the Foundational Gynecological Encyclopedia Gynaecologia by Soranus of Ephesus (100 AD)
- Population Exchange of Eski Doğanbey (Domatia) and Trade at Karina Customs Pier (1923 CE)
- Hierapolis Plutonium (Gate to Hell) Sanctuary and Thermal Healing Cult
- From İzmir Aelius Aristides' Smyrna Oratory to Magnesia Pytheos Architecture and Teos Theodosius Geometry: Imperial Oratory, Halicarnassus Mausoleum, and Spherical Geometry
- From İzmir Ephesus Rufus Neuroanatomy to Magnesia Hegesias Oratory and Bergama Telephus Grammar: Ancient Neuroanatomy, Asianism Rhetoric, and Imperial Tutoship
- From İzmir Ephesus Soranus Medicine to Aydın Tralles Apollonius Sculpture and Germencik Menesthes Architecture: Gynecological Medicine, Farnese Bull Sculpture, and Ionic Architecture
- From İzmir Ephesus Xenophon's Romantic Novel to Priene Isidore Hagia Sophia and Halicarnassus Bryaxis Serapis: Romantic Literature, Dome Architecture, and Monumental Sculpture
- Alliance of Queen Ada of Caria and Alexander the Great at Alinda (334 BCE)
- Naval Expedition of the Indus River and Red Sea by Admiral Scylax of Caryanda and Writing of Periplus (515 BC)
- Design of the 365.25-Day Julian Roman Calendar Reform for Julius Caesar by Astronomer Sosigenes of Knidos (46 BC)
- Three cities in the Menderes valley: Nysa, Mastaura, Tralleis
- Valley of Marble and Healing: Sculptors of Aphrodisias, Waters of Pamukkale, and Textiles of Laodicea
- From Muğla Bodrum Scylax Explorations to Balıkesir Xenocles Oratory and Aydın Nysa Strabo Geography: Maritime Exploration, Roman Oratory, and World Geography
- From Muğla Knidos Agatharchides Geography to Tralles Alexander Medicine and Halicarnassus Hegesander Laocoön: Red Sea Geography, Imperial Medicine, and Vatican Sculptures
- From Muğla Knidos Sosigenes Calendar to Yatağan Metrodorus Philosophy and Aydın Nysa Menestheus Grammar: Julian Calendar Astronomy, Academic Philosophy, and Classical Philology
- Freedom Battle of the Aegean on Mount Mycale: The Fall of the Persian Fleet and the Revival of Panionion
- From the Canyon Library of Nysa to Mastaura Amphitheater and Arpaz Castle
- Authoring of Téchne Grammatikē (The World's First Systematic Grammar Textbook) by Dionysius Thrax of Nysa (170 BC)
- Pergamon, Halicarnassus, Miletus: paths of knowledge
- From Tralleis Üç Gözler to Seikilos Epitaph and Nysa Canyon Aqueducts: Vaulted Gymnasion, World's Oldest Song, and Water Tunnels
- From Yörük Ali Efe House to Cihanoğlu Tower and Karacasu Potters: 1919 Malgaç Victory, 1756 Ayan Tower, and 5,000-Year Red Clay Kilns
- Yörük Ali Efe's Malgaç Railway Bridge Raid and Kuva-yı Milliye Resistance (June 16, 1919)
Research stories and events
- Reconstruction of Smyrna by Emperor Marcus Aurelius Following the Plea of Aelius Aristides (178 AD)
- Alabanda Karian League Sacred Council Assembly and Zeus Chrysaoreus Festival (200 BCE)
- From Alabanda to Amyzon Sanctuary and Piginda Fortress: Zeus Chrysaoreus Temple, Satrap Mausolus Decree, and 3,000-Seat Mountain Theater
- Education of Cicero by Menecles of Alabanda and Transformation of Roman Senate Oratory (79 BC)
- The long work of stone at Aphrodisias: from quarry to apprentice, Aphrodite to Geyre
- From Atça Grid City Plan to Tepeköy Painted Mosque and Yeşilyurt Water Mills: 1926 Paris-Inspired Layout, 18th-Century Wall Murals, and Dandalas Water Wheels
- Reconstruction of Atça with Paris-Inspired Radial-Grid Master Plan (1926)
- From Aydın Alabanda Hermogenes' Architecture to Nysa Dionysius Thrax Grammar and Ephesus Apollonius Dyskolos Syntax: Classical Architecture, World Grammar, and Syntax Theory
- From Aydın Alabanda Menecles Oratory to Mastaura Diophanes Reform and Teos Androsthenes Astronomy: Roman Oratory, Agrarian Reform, and Geared Astronomy
- From Aydın Alabanda Papinianus Law to Tralles Metrodorus Geometry and Halicarnassus Timotheus Mausoleum: Roman Jurisprudence, Hagia Sophia Geometry, and Mausoleum Sculptures
- Appointment of Physician Galen of Pergamon as Personal Doctor to Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius (169 AD)
- Progradation of the Büyük Menderes Delta and Silting of the Latmic Gulf (6th c. BCE — 6th c. CE)
- Geographer Strabo's Education at Nysa ad Maeandrum and the Roman Library (50 BCE)
- From Domatia Greek Stone Houses to Karina Pier and Thebae Walls: Mount Mykale Mansions, Lagoon Fisheries, and Hellenistik Fortresses
- Erection of the Seikilos Musical Inscription Stele at Tralleis (100 CE)
- Authoring of Anatomicis Treatises (First Description of Neuroanatomy and Nerves) by Physician Rufus of Ephesus (90 AD)
- Authoring of the Foundational Gynecological Encyclopedia Gynaecologia by Soranus of Ephesus (100 AD)
- Population Exchange of Eski Doğanbey (Domatia) and Trade at Karina Customs Pier (1923 CE)
- Hierapolis Plutonium (Gate to Hell) Sanctuary and Thermal Healing Cult
- From İzmir Aelius Aristides' Smyrna Oratory to Magnesia Pytheos Architecture and Teos Theodosius Geometry: Imperial Oratory, Halicarnassus Mausoleum, and Spherical Geometry
- From İzmir Ephesus Rufus Neuroanatomy to Magnesia Hegesias Oratory and Bergama Telephus Grammar: Ancient Neuroanatomy, Asianism Rhetoric, and Imperial Tutoship
- From İzmir Ephesus Soranus Medicine to Aydın Tralles Apollonius Sculpture and Germencik Menesthes Architecture: Gynecological Medicine, Farnese Bull Sculpture, and Ionic Architecture
- From İzmir Ephesus Xenophon's Romantic Novel to Priene Isidore Hagia Sophia and Halicarnassus Bryaxis Serapis: Romantic Literature, Dome Architecture, and Monumental Sculpture
- From İzmir Epicurus' Teos Garden to Nysa Aristodemus Library and Miletus Hecataeus Map: Epicureanism, Roman Rhetoric, and World's First Map
- From İzmir Erythrai Sibyl Oracles to Teos Hermogenes Architecture and Tralles Apollonius Sculpture: Roman Capitol Oracles, Pseudodipteral Layout, and Farnese Bull
- From İzmir Homer's Meles Valley to Priene Bias Justice and Urla Anaxagoras Philosophy: Iliad and Odyssey Epics, Seven Sages Law, and Birth of Astrophysics
- Alliance of Queen Ada of Caria and Alexander the Great at Alinda (334 BCE)
- Naval Expedition of the Indus River and Red Sea by Admiral Scylax of Caryanda and Writing of Periplus (515 BC)
- Design of the 365.25-Day Julian Roman Calendar Reform for Julius Caesar by Astronomer Sosigenes of Knidos (46 BC)
- From the Latmos Mountains to the Walls of Alinda: Herakleia Rock Art, the Temple of Zeus at Euromos, and Queen Ada
- Three cities in the Menderes valley: Nysa, Mastaura, Tralleis
- Meanders of the Maeander: Landlocked Cities from the Latmic Gulf to Lake Bafa
- Valley of Marble and Healing: Sculptors of Aphrodisias, Waters of Pamukkale, and Textiles of Laodicea
- Creation of the World's First Known Geographic Map by Hecataeus of Miletus (510 BC)
- From Muğla Bodrum Scylax Explorations to Balıkesir Xenocles Oratory and Aydın Nysa Strabo Geography: Maritime Exploration, Roman Oratory, and World Geography
- From Muğla Knidos Agatharchides Geography to Tralles Alexander Medicine and Halicarnassus Hegesander Laocoön: Red Sea Geography, Imperial Medicine, and Vatican Sculptures
- From Muğla Knidos Sosigenes Calendar to Yatağan Metrodorus Philosophy and Aydın Nysa Menestheus Grammar: Julian Calendar Astronomy, Academic Philosophy, and Classical Philology
- Battle of Mycale: the beached fleet and the clash of 479 BCE
- Freedom Battle of the Aegean on Mount Mycale: The Fall of the Persian Fleet and the Revival of Panionion
- From the Canyon Library of Nysa to Mastaura Amphitheater and Arpaz Castle
- Authoring of Téchne Grammatikē (The World's First Systematic Grammar Textbook) by Dionysius Thrax of Nysa (170 BC)
- Composition of the Iliad and Odyssey by Epic Poet Homer along Meles Stream Valley (750 BC)
- Pergamon, Halicarnassus, Miletus: paths of knowledge
- Design of the Great Dome and Pendentives of Hagia Sophia by Master Architect Isidore of Miletus/Priene (532 AD)
- Design of the Pseudodipteral Temple of Dionysus at Teos by Master Architect Hermogenes (220 BC)
- From Tralleis Üç Gözler to Seikilos Epitaph and Nysa Canyon Aqueducts: Vaulted Gymnasion, World's Oldest Song, and Water Tunnels
- Training of Byzantine Master Builders of Hagia Sophia by Geometrician Metrodorus of Tralles (510 AD)
- Authoring of the 12-Volume Medical Encyclopedia Therapeutica by Alexander of Tralles (560 AD)
- From Yörük Ali Efe House to Cihanoğlu Tower and Karacasu Potters: 1919 Malgaç Victory, 1756 Ayan Tower, and 5,000-Year Red Clay Kilns
- Yörük Ali Efe's Malgaç Railway Bridge Raid and Kuva-yı Milliye Resistance (June 16, 1919)
Source network
- Türkiye Kültür Portalı · Ege antik kentleri
- Kültür Portalı · Tralleis Antik Kenti
- Kültür Portalı · Nysa
- Aydın İl Kültür ve Turizm Müdürlüğü · Mastaura
- Aydın Adnan Menderes Üniversitesi · Mastaura Antik Kenti Kazısı Devam Ediyor (2022)
- Kültür Portalı · Priene Antik Kenti
- Perseus Digital Library · Herodotus, Book 9
- DAI Arachne · Panionion und Melie
- UNESCO · Aphrodisias
- UNESCO · Hierapolis-Pamukkale
- Türkiye Kültür Portalı · Milet Ören Yeri
- Türkiye Kültür Portalı · Halikarnassos
- Bodrum Sualtı Arkeoloji Müzesi · Halikarnassos
- Perseus Digital Library · Herodotus, Histories 1.1
- Türkiye Kültür Portalı · Bergama Akropolü
- UNESCO · Pergamon and its Multi-Layered Cultural Landscape
Frequently asked questions
What does the Aydın guide bring together?
This page brings together 9 place dossiers and 6 connected stories for Aydın in one geographic context.
How should I read the stops in Aydın?
Rather than seeing places in isolation, follow them through their region, period, route and source records.