Iasos Agora Temple — Kıyıköy Fishing Harbour Sanctuary
Iasos temple · Temple of Artemis Astias?
Archaic to Roman (700 BCE – 400 CE)·Karian–Ionian Iasians with Athenian attachment·🇹🇷 Muğla Province, Milas district, Kıyıkışlacık village, Iasos peninsula agora temple on harbour hill, Turkey
About
About Iasos Agora Temple — Kıyıköy Fishing Harbour Sanctuary
Peninsula temple at Iasos fishing harbour 28 km west of Milas, atop agora terrace overlooking two harbours (closed and open), with Temple of Artemis Astias (or Apollo) distyle in antis 9×16 m (late Classical 4th BCE remodelled Hellenistic) and Bouleuterion with mosaics, plus rock-cut purple dye vats for famed Iasos garum. Civic cult of maenadc? Italian excavations 1960–.
Why it mattersHarbour double-anchorage temple shows Iasos as fishing cult city distinct from inland Karia
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Artemis vs Apollo dedicant debate
- 02Agora temple identification uncertainty
Theories
- 01Ionian–Karian harbour double identity
- 02Garum economy funded temple model
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- Archaic altar 700 BCE; temple 400 BCE; Bouleuterion 150 BCE
- Period
- Archaic to Roman (700 BCE – 400 CE)
- Culture
- Karian–Ionian Iasians with Athenian attachment
- Purpose
- Artemis Astias harbour guardian and fishing lot cult
- Abandoned
- c.400 CE earthquake
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
700 BCE
Altar on hill
400 BCE
Temple built
1960
Italian Missione starts
On the ground
Structures & features
37.2800° N · 27.5850° E · 14 m · 3 mapped features
Agora Temple Podium
templeTemple podium 9×16 m with 2 standing anta walls
37.2802° N · 27.5853° EBouleuterion Mosaic Hall
bouleuterionHall 12×14 m with pebble mosaic of triton
37.2798° N · 27.5848° EPurple Dye Vat Complex
industrialRock-cut garum and purple vats downslope
37.2800° N · 27.5860° E
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