Triopium

Triopium or Triopion and Triopia (Ancient Greek: Τριόπιον and Τριοπία) was a town on the coast of ancient Caria, near ancient Cnidus.¹ According to ancient writers Triopas was the founder of the city, and took its name after him.²³⁴

At Triopium there was a temple of Apollo. The temple was built with common expenses from the Greek cities of the region.⁵

Its site is located near Kumyer, Asiatic Turkey.¹⁶

References

Talbert, Richard, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 61. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9, with accompanying Map-by-Map Directory.
Diodorus Siculus, Library, §5.57.5
Diodorus Siculus, Library, §5.61.1
Stephanus of Byzantium, Ethnica, §T636.1
Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Roman Antiquities, §4.25
Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.

36°41′05″N 27°29′35″E / 36.684805°N 27.493021°E / 36.684805; 27.493021

[Barrington-1] Talbert, Richard, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 61. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9, with accompanying Map-by-Map Directory.

[2] Diodorus Siculus, Library, §5.57.5

[3] Diodorus Siculus, Library, §5.61.1

[4] Stephanus of Byzantium, Ethnica, §T636.1

[5] Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Roman Antiquities, §4.25

[6] Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.

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