Melanippion
Ancient city · Turkey
- Abandoned
- unknown
- Founded
- —
- Population
- —
- Coordinates
- 36.255, 30.405
Why it was abandoned
🏛️ Ancient ruins
Detected automatically from the text: ancient city of Lycia in modern-day Turkey
History
Melanippe, or Melanippium or Melanippion (Μελανίππιον), was a small town on the coast of ancient Lycia, on the western slope of Mount Phoenicus, about 30 stadia from Cape Hieron, and 60 stadia south of Gagae, of which William Martin Leake wrote it was the port town.