Pedasa

Pedasa (Ancient Greek: Πήδασα or τὰ Πήδασα), also known as Pedasus or Pedasos (Πήδασος),[1] and as Pedasum,[2] was a town of ancient Caria. It was a polis (city-state) by c. 400 BCE.[3] Alexander the Great deprived the place of its independence by giving it over to the Halicarnassians, together with five other neighbouring towns.[2]

For another town in Caria also called Pedasa, see Pidasa. For the town of ancient Mysia, see Pedasa (Mysia).

It was a member of the Delian League.[4]

Its site is near the modern Gökçeler.[5][6]

People

• Hermotimus of Pedasa, favourite eunuch of Xerxes the Great

References

1. Suda, pi.1497
2. Pliny. Naturalis Historia. 5.29.
3. Mogens Herman Hansen & Thomas Heine Nielsen (2004). An inventory of archaic and classical poleis. New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 1305, 1334. ISBN 0-19-814099-1.
4. Athenian Tribute Lists
5. Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 61, and directory notes accompanying.
6. Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Pedasa". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.