1910–1911
Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
ASPENDUS (mod. Balkls Kale , or, more anciently in the native language, ESTVEDYS (whence the adjective Estvedijys on coins), an ancient city of Pamphylia, very strongly situated on an isolated hill on the right bank of the Eurymedon at the point where the river issues from the Taurus. The sea is now about 7 m. distant, and the river is navigable only for about 2 m. from the mouth; but in the time of Thucydides ships could anchor off Aspendus. Really of pre-Hellenic date, the place claimed to be an Argive colony. It…
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