Triopium Explained

Triopium or Triopion and Triopia (grc|Τριόπιον and Τριοπία) was a town on the coast of ancient Caria, near ancient Cnidus. According to ancient writers Triopas was the founder of the city, and took its name after him.^{[1] [2] [3]}

At Triopium there was a temple of Apollo. The temple was built with common expenses from the Greek cities of the region.^[4]

Its site is located near Kumyer, Asiatic Turkey.

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36.6848°N 27.493°W

Notes and References

1. https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0060.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5.57 Diodorus Siculus, Library, §5.57.5
2. https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A2008.01.0540%3Abook%3D5%3Achapter%3D61%3Asection%3D1 Diodorus Siculus, Library, §5.61.1
3. https://topostext.org/work/241#T636.1 Stephanus of Byzantium, Ethnica, §T636.1
4. https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0081.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4.25 Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Roman Antiquities, §4.25