- There is also a New Age musician named Iasos.
Iasos or
Iassos was a city in Caria
located on the Gulf of Iasos (now called the Gulf of Güllük), opposite the
modern town of Güllük, Turkey
. It
was originally on an island, but is now connected to the mainland.
It is
located in the Milas
district of
Muğla
Province
, Turkey, near the
Alevi village of Kıyıkışlacık or Kıyı
Kışlacık, about 31 km from the center of Milas.
History
Ancient
historians consider Iasos a colonial foundation of Argos
, but
archaeology shows a much longer history. Iasos was a member
of the
Delian League and was involved
in the
Peloponnesian War. It
became part of the
Hecatomnid satrapy in the 4th century and was conquered by
Alexander. With the rest of
Caria, it became
Roman in 125 BC. It
seems to have been abandoned in about the 15th-16th century
AD.
In the
Ottoman period, a small town was
founded nearby named Asin Kale or Asin Kurin, in the sanjak of Menteşe within
the vilayet of İzmir
.
Archaeology
After some preliminary research done by
Charles Texier starting in 1835, the site of
the settlements in Iasos and the
necropolis has been under regular and fully
scientific excavations on behalf of the
Italian School of
Archaeology at Athens by
Doro Levi
(1960-1972),
Clelia Laviosa
(1972-1984) and
Fede Berti (1984-
).
The site of Iasos has been settled continuously since the
Early Bronze Age, covering
Geometric,
Hellenistic
and
Roman periods, through the
Byzantine period.
In early times, Iasos was influenced by
the culture of the Cyclades
islands. Outstanding remains in Iasos include an
Artemis stoa and
Roman villas.
Church history
Four of its bishops are known: Themistius in 421, Flacillus in 451,
David in 787, and Gregory in 878 (
Michel
Le Quien,
Oriens Christianus I:913).
The see is mentioned in the
Nova Tactica, tenth century
(
Heinrich Gelzer,
Georgii Cyprii descriptio
orbis romani, nos. 340, 1464), and more recently in the
Notitiae
Episcopatuum.
Under the
name Jassus, Iasos is a Roman Catholic titular
see of Caria and suffragan of Aphrodisias
.
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