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Cornelia Fuchs

October 17, 2024

Andriake or Andriaca (Ancient Greek: Ἀνδριάκη) was an ancient city and the port of the ancient town of Myra in Lycia, although it was clearly not a Lycian town per se as all ruins are clearly Roman built (arched windows, rounded church walls etc). The existence of two churches and one Synagoge but only one Lycian sarcophagus is an indication that today's Andriake ruins are built over an older smallish Lycian settlement and Myra's original harbour was somewhere along Demre Beach.

Another indication that Andriake is a younger town in Antiquity is that it is first mentioned after the beginning of our current calendar. Andriake is mentioned by Ptolemy; and Pliny has Andriaca civitas, Myra (v. 27).

Appian (B.C. iv. 82) says that in 42 BC Lentulus was sent by Brutus to collect money and broke through the chain which defended the entrance to the port, and went up the river to Myra.

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