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Araksa

Seydikemer, Türkiye

Araksa

Araxa (Ancient Greek: Ἄραξα) was a city of ancient Lycia, according to Alexander Polyhistor, in the second book of his Lyciaca. Ptolemy places it near Sidyma. It is located at a place called Ören, near Fethiye, on the upper portion of the Xanthus River. An inscription in honour of a local citizen, O

rthagoras, provides the only details of its history in the 2nd century B.C.

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