Laertes (Cilicia)

Laertes (Ancient Greek: Λαέρτης)^[1] was a town of ancient Cilicia.^[2] Some have supposed that the philosopher Diogenes Laërtius was from this town.^[3][4] Strabo called it a stronghold.^[5]

Çebel Ires Daǧı inscription - a Phoenician legal inscription found in Laertes

Its site is located near Cebelires, in Asiatic Turkey.^[2][6] Archaeologists have excavated the site; antiquities may be found at the Alanya Archaeological Museum.

References

1. STEPHANUS OF BYZANTIUM, ETHNICA, § L406.9
2. Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 66, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.
3. 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica s.v. Diogenes Laërtius
4. Yonge, C. D. (1853). Preface, "The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers". London: Henry G. Bohn. p. 1.
5. STRABO, GEOGRAPH, § 14.5.3
6. Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.

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