Alabanda (Ancient Greek: Ἀλάβανδα) or Antiochia of the Chrysaorians was a city of ancient Caria. According to thr tradition Alabanda as founded by Alabandos son of Karos and Callirroi, grandson of the river god Maiander from his mother's side.Alavanda was one of the richest cities in the whole of Asia Minor. Its soil was very fertile, its trade was highly developed, and its quarries produced black marble of high quality, called alabandite stone. Its inhabitants, the Alavandians, alternately had the reputation of lustful and profligate people, and many ancients called the Alavandians "Sybarites of Asia Minor".
The earliest mentions were found in Hittite sources;and the city was named Waliwanda.
Sources:
- George E. Bean, Turkey Beyond the Maeander. An Archaeological Guide, London Ernest Jersey 1971, p. 180 https://archive.org/details/in.gov.ignca.62701
- Ekrem Akurgal, Ancient Civilisations and Ruins of Turkey: From Prehistoric Times until the end of the Roman Empire, Turkish Historical Society Press, Ankara 1970, pp. 242-244
- Grokipedia https://grokipedia.com/page/alabanda
