Antiphellos — Habessos Theatre Terraces
Lycian / Hellenistic (500 BCE–100 CE)·Lycian–Hellenistic·🇹🇷 Antalya Province, Turkey
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About Antiphellos — Habessos Theatre Terraces
Antiphellos — Habessos Theatre Terraces in Antalya Province, Turkey is a Lycian / Hellenistic (500 BCE–100 CE) temple-complex attributed to Lycian–Hellenistic. Theatre 3000 seats on slope above Antiphellos (Kaş) harbour with doric tomb. Antiphellos theatre well preserved 26 rows and Lycian tomb Hyposorion at sea level.
Why it mattersKey Lycian–Hellenistic hill site illustrating Anatolian settlement
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Hellenistic urbanism
- 02Lycian federation cult
Theories
- 01Mountain defensive settlement
- 02Sanctuary federation
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c. 300 BCE theatre
- Period
- Lycian / Hellenistic (500 BCE–100 CE)
- Culture
- Lycian–Hellenistic
- Purpose
- Theatre 3000 seats on slope above Antiphellos (Kaş) harbour with doric tomb
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
c. 300 BCE theatre
Initial construction
c. 1900 CE
Systematic survey
On the ground
Structures & features
36.2000° N · 29.6400° E · 30 m · 4 mapped features
Antiphellos — Habessos Theatre Terraces — Main Temple
templeMain pronaos and cella
36.2002° N · 29.6401° EAntiphellos — Habessos Theatre Terraces — Stoa / Street
stoaColonnaded avenue
36.1998° N · 29.6402° EAntiphellos — Habessos Theatre Terraces — Sanctuary Annex
annexAnnex shrine
36.2004° N · 29.6398° EAntiphellos — Habessos Theatre Terraces — Secondary Enclosure
enclosureWalled secondary area
36.1996° N · 29.6399° E