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Temple of Zeus at Aizanoi
Roman Imperial (High Empire) · Roman Phrygia (Aezanitai polis under Rome)
Hadrianic Ionic pseudodipteral 9×15 with intact vaulted cryptoporticus, Phrygian Roman gem.
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Temple of Dionysus at Nysa on the Meander
Hellenistic to Roman (Mithridatic to Hadrianic) · Carian-Lydian Greek under Pergamene and Roman rule
Gorge-spanning double-city Dionysus temple 6×11 with vaulted bridge and library, Strabo's school.
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Myus Temple of Dionysus — Avşar Kalesi Peninsula
Archaic to Roman · Ionian, Hellenistic, Carian
Avşar Peninsula white marble Dionysus 2nd BCE (Hermogenes) with theatre above Maeander silt gulf, smallest Ionian League city.
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Claros South Sanctuary — Ahmetbeyli Oracle Annex
Archaic to Roman (oracle peak 100–200 CE) · Ionian Greek, Colophon's oracle
Claros secondary Doric prophecy hall with adyton crevice and 1.2-km sacred road to Notion, 1st CE domitianic.
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Euromos Temple of Zeus Lepsynos
Archaic to Roman (Carian to Imperial) · Carian, Hellenistic, Roman
Selimiye plain Corinthian Zeus Lepsynos 2nd CE with 16 standing columns, best in Anatolia, 12 km NW Milas.
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Priene — Temple of Athena Polias and Grid City
Late Classical to Hellenistic (350–133 BCE) with Roman upkeep to 600 CE · Ionian Greek (Milesian) and Hellenistic Attalid
Alexander-dedicated Athena temple 334 BCE by Pytheos and pristine Hippodamian grid city.
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Temple of Athena at Assos
Archaic (600–500 BCE) · Aeolian Greek under Lydian and later Persian rule (Assian polis)
Only Archaic Doric temple in Anatolia 530 BCE, sculpted architrave atop 238-m acropolis.
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Temple of Zeus Olbios at Uzuncaburç (Olba-Diocaesarea)
Hellenistic to Early Roman (Seleucid to Julio-Claudian) · Isaurian–Cilician priest state, Seleucid and Roman Cilicia
Taurus priest-kingdom hilltop Corinthian Zeus temple 6×12 with Zeus lightning entablature, Olba.
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Erythrae (Erythrai) — Temple of Athena Polias and Sibyl Rock
Archaic to Byzantine (1100 BCE – 600 CE) · Ionian Greek (Erythraean)
Erythraean peninsula Athena cliff temple and Sibyl throne opposite Chios.
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Smyrna Temple of Athena — Bayraklı (Old Smyrna)
Geometric to Archaic (Old Smyrna) · Ionian Greek (Aiolian foundation)
Bayraklı 630 BCE hekatompedon Athena with Aeolic capitals, earliest Ionian temple on Old Smyrna 8th BCE walls.
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Nysa on the Maeander — Temple of Apollo and Library Terrace
Hellenistic to Roman · Seleucid, Pergamene, Carian
Maeander university city with Apollo temple, bouleuterion-library of Strabo and 100-m theatre tunnel, Hellenistic.
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Kaunos Temple of Demeter and Rock Tombs Terrace
Classical to Roman (Carian to Lycian) · Carian, Lycian, Hellenistic Rhodian
Kaunos Dalyan Demeter terrace with 4th BCE altar and 6 Lycian temple-tombs, Carian-Greek border sanctuary.
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Belevi Mausoleum — Ephesus Royal Tomb
Hellenistic (Lysimachus to Seleucid) · Hellenistic Macedonian-Anatolian
29-m Diadochi mausoleum 14 km NE Ephesus for Lysimachus/Antiochus II with 28 columns and griffin coffers, 301–246 BCE.
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Halicarnassus Mausoleum Terrace — Bodrum Hill Top Platform
Classical (Hekatomnid Carian) · Carian-Hellenic dynastic
Podium terrace of Aristotle's pupil Satrap Mausolus' wonder-tomb 353 BCE in Bodrum, 45-m wonder with 36 Ionic columns.
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Teos — Temple of Dionysus and Ancient City
Archaic to Late Antiquity (1000 BCE – 600 CE) · Ionian Greek and Roman / Artists of Dionysus guild
Hermogenes' canonical Dionysus temple 208 BCE — largest Dionysac sanctuary and theatre guild capital.
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Herakleia ad Latmos — Athena Temple on Granos Hill
Hellenistic · Hekatomnid Carian, Hellenistic
Lake Bafa gneiss city with 6.5-km Hellenistic walls and 3rd BCE Athena temple above Endymion grotto.
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Temple of Zeus Lepsynos at Euromos
Hellenistic to Antonine (Mylasan Karia) · Carian Greek (Mylasa sphere, later Roman)
Carian olive-grove Corinthian 6×11 with 16 columns upright to architrave, dedication to Zeus Lepsynos.
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Temple of Apollo Smintheus at Gülpınar (Chryse)
Classical to Hellenistic (Iliadic tradition to 150 BCE) · Aeolian Greek and later Pergamene sphere
Iliad's Mouse-Apollo temple 150 BCE Ionic pseudodipteral with Homeric friezes, Homeric cult.
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Alinda Temple of Apollo — Karpuzlu Hilltop Agora
Hekatomnid to Hellenistic · Hekatomnid Carian, Hellenistic
Karpuzlu 350-m hilltop with 2-column Apollo prostylos and 3-km Hekatomnid walls, Queen Ada's refuge 340 BCE.
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Notion (Notium) — Temple of Apollo at Claros Outpost
Classical to Late Antiquity (500 BCE – 600 CE) · Aeolian Greek (Kolophonian) and Roman
Kolophon harbour city with Doric Apollo temple facing mother city.
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Knidos Temple of Apollo Karneios
Classical to Hellenistic · Dorian Greek, Knidian
Knidos commercial-harbour Apollo Karneios 4th BCE Dorico-Ionic temple beside Aphrodite's Praxiteles temenos, Tekir Burnu.
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Temple of Artemis at Sardis
Hellenistic to Roman (300 BCE–150 CE) · Lydian heritage, Seleucid, Attalid and Roman (Sardian polis)
Lydian capital's colossal Ionic Artemision 48×112 m, Hellenistic to Roman pseudodipteral.
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Sanctuary of Demeter at Knidos
Classical to Hellenistic (350–100 BCE peak) · Dorian Greek (Knidian polis)
Peninsula-tip Demeter terrace Doric prostylos with thesmophoria pits and Knidos double harbour.
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Iassos Agora Temple of Artemis Astias
Archaic to Roman · Ionian, Carian, Hellenistic
Kıyıkışlacık peninsula agora tetrastyle Artemis Astias 150 BCE with Roman mausoleum, Iassic Gulf fishing town.