Hyllarima Temple of Zeus Hyllos — Kavaklıdere Upland
Hyllarima Zeus Hyllos Tapınağı · Hyllarima Zeus · Kavaklıdere Hyllarima
Classical to Roman·Carian, Hellenistic·🇹🇷 Muğla Province, Kavaklıdere District, Hyllarima village, Turkey
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About Hyllarima Temple of Zeus Hyllos — Kavaklıdere Upland
Upland Carian city Hyllarima (midway Milas-Muğla 850 m) on Kavaklıdere plateau 37.05,28.35, inland Carian pastoral centre with 2nd-century BCE Zeus Hyllos (epichoric Zeus) prostylos temple on agora, odeion, theatre 2000, and 2 km walls controlling conifer forest and upland cereal plain. Member of Chrysaoric League with Theangela and Amyzon, now within pine forest 20 km east of Stratonikeia. Bean 1970s mapping, Birmingham Anastylosis. Unlike lowland Euromos/Lagina, Hyllarima shows upland Carian agro-pastoral sanctuary economy with transhumance pottery.
Why it mattersUpland Chrysaoric pastoral city with epichoric Zeus Hyllos documenting inland Carian transhumance.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Hyllos epithet (river vs hero)
- 02Upland vs lowland Carian economy
Theories
- 01Pastoral Zeus vs maritime Artemis complementarity
- 02Conifer forest resource sanctuary
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c.200 BCE Zeus temple; city Classical 500 BCE
- Period
- Classical to Roman
- Culture
- Carian, Hellenistic
- Builders
- Hyllarimian demos
- Purpose
- Upland pastoral Zeus sanctuary controlling conifer forest and cavak plain
- Abandoned
- c.600 CE
- Rediscovered
- 1840s Fellows; 1971 Bean
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
200 BCE
Zeus Hyllos temple
1971
Bean mapping
On the ground
Structures & features
37.0500° N · 28.3500° E · 850 m · 2 mapped features
Hyllarima — Zeus Hyllos Temple Prostylos
temple prostylos2nd-century BCE prostylos Zeus Hyllos with altar controlling Hyllarima upland plain
37.0510° N · 28.3510° EHyllarima — Agora Odeion
odeionSmall odeion-bouleuterion on agora north side with Zeus dedication
37.0490° N · 28.3490° E