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Location

  • Türkiye, Hisarönü
  • geo:36.795902,28.136337
  • Location: correct and verified

Period or year

  • -3xx / unknown

Classification

  • city
  • Visible

Bybassos (aka Erine)

data access 29100

The acropolis of the ancient Bybassos is located on the Hisar Tepe which lies between Hisarönü village - formerly known as Erine or Rina1- and the sea. It's ruins have been investigated through an archaeological survey under direction of the german archaeologist Winfried Held2.

References

  1. George E. Bean, Turkey Beyond the Maeander. An Archaeological Guide, London Ernest Jersey 1971, p.162
  2. W. Held – Ch. Wilkening-Aumann, Vom Karischen Bund zur Griechischen Polis. Archäologischer Survey in Bybassos und Kastabos auf der Karischen Chersones, in: A. Matthaei – M. Zimmermann (Hrsg.), Urbane Strukturen und bürgerliche Identität im Hellenismus, Die hellenistische Polis als Lebensform 5 (Heidelberg 2015) 74–98

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Use and reuse

Creators: Entry created by Elżbieta (2016-09-24) , last updated by p. jeffries (2026-09-21), with possible contributions by others. CC BY-SA 4.0, metadata CC-0.
Persistent URI: https://vici.org/vici/29100
Data downloads: KML
Suggested citation: , E. and jeffries, P., Bybassos (aka Erine). https://vici.org/vici/29100, accessed 2026-09-22.