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	'''Sillyon''' ({{~~lang-~~el\|Σύλλιον}}), [[Stephanus of Byzantium]] called it Σύλειον, Σύλαιον, Σύλλον and Σίλονον<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854), SYLLIUM \|url=https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0064:entry=syllium-geo \|access-date=2023-10-06 \|website=www.perseus.tufts.edu}}</ref> in [[Byzantine]] times '''Syllaeum''' or '''Syllaion''' ({{lang\|grc\|Συλλαῖον}}), was an important fortress and city near [[Attaleia]] in [[Pamphylia]], on the southern coast of modern [[Turkey]]. The native [[Pamphylian Greek\|Greco-Pamphylian]] form was '''Selywiys''', possibly deriving from the original [[Hittite language\|Hittite]] '''Sallawassi'''. Its modern Turkish names are Yanköy Hisarı or Asar Köy.<ref name="Gernot439">Gernot (2003), p. 439</ref>		'''Sillyon''' ({{langx\|el\|Σύλλιον}}), [[Stephanus of Byzantium]] called it Σύλειον, Σύλαιον, Σύλλον and Σίλονον<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854), SYLLIUM \|url=https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0064:entry=syllium-geo \|access-date=2023-10-06 \|website=www.perseus.tufts.edu}}</ref> in [[Byzantine]] times '''Syllaeum''' or '''Syllaion''' ({{lang\|grc\|Συλλαῖον}}), was an important fortress and city near [[Attaleia]] in [[Pamphylia]], on the southern coast of modern [[Turkey]]. The native [[Pamphylian Greek\|Greco-Pamphylian]] form was '''Selywiys''', possibly deriving from the original [[Hittite language\|Hittite]] '''Sallawassi'''. Its modern Turkish names are Yanköy Hisarı or Asar Köy.<ref name="Gernot439">Gernot (2003), p. 439</ref>

	== Antiquity ==		== Antiquity ==

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	'''Sillyon''' ({{lang-el\|~~Σίλλυον~~}}), ~~also~~ ~~'''Sylleion'''~~ (~~Σύλλειον~~), in [[Byzantine]] times '''Syllaeum''' or '''Syllaion''' ({{lang\|grc\|Συλλαῖον}}), was an important fortress and city near [[Attaleia]] in [[Pamphylia]], on the southern coast of modern [[Turkey]]. The native [[Pamphylian Greek\|Greco-Pamphylian]] form was '''Selywiys''', possibly deriving from the original [[Hittite language\|Hittite]] '''Sallawassi'''. Its modern Turkish names are Yanköy Hisarı or Asar Köy.<ref name="Gernot439">Gernot (2003), p. 439</ref>		'''Sillyon''' ({{lang-el\|Σύλλιον}}), [[Stephanus of Byzantium]] called it Σύλειον, Σύλαιον, Σύλλον and Σίλονον<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854), SYLLIUM \|url=https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0064:entry=syllium-geo \|access-date=2023-10-06 \|website=www.perseus.tufts.edu}}</ref> in [[Byzantine]] times '''Syllaeum''' or '''Syllaion''' ({{lang\|grc\|Συλλαῖον}}), was an important fortress and city near [[Attaleia]] in [[Pamphylia]], on the southern coast of modern [[Turkey]]. The native [[Pamphylian Greek\|Greco-Pamphylian]] form was '''Selywiys''', possibly deriving from the original [[Hittite language\|Hittite]] '''Sallawassi'''. Its modern Turkish names are Yanköy Hisarı or Asar Köy.<ref name="Gernot439">Gernot (2003), p. 439</ref>

	== Antiquity ==		== Antiquity ==

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	Throughout Antiquity, the city was relatively unimportant. According to one legend, the city was founded as a colony from [[Ancient Argos\|Argos]], while another holds that it was founded, along with [[Side, Turkey\|Side]] and [[Aspendos]], by the seers [[Mopsos]], [[Calchas]] and [[Amphilochus (brother of Alcmaeon)\|Amphilochus]] after the [[Trojan War]].<ref name="Gernot442">Gernot (2003), p. 442</ref> The city is first mentioned in c. 500 BC by [[Pseudo-Scylax]] (''polis Sylleion''). From 469 BC, the city (as Sillyon) became part of the [[Classical Athens\|Athenian]]-led [[Delian League]]. It is mentioned in the Athenian tribute lists in c. 450 BC and again in 425 BC, and then disappears again from the historical record until 333 BC, when [[Alexander the Great]] is said to have unsuccessfully besieged it. According to [[Arrian]] (''[[Anabasis Alexandri]]'' I. 26), the site (recorded as Syllion) was well-fortified and had a strong garrison of mercenaries and "native barbarians", so that Alexander, pressed for time, had to abandon the siege after the first attempt at storming it failed.<ref name="Gernot442"/>		Throughout Antiquity, the city was relatively unimportant. According to one legend, the city was founded as a colony from [[Ancient Argos\|Argos]], while another holds that it was founded, along with [[Side, Turkey\|Side]] and [[Aspendos]], by the seers [[Mopsos]], [[Calchas]] and [[Amphilochus (brother of Alcmaeon)\|Amphilochus]] after the [[Trojan War]].<ref name="Gernot442">Gernot (2003), p. 442</ref> The city is first mentioned in c. 500 BC by [[Pseudo-Scylax]] (''polis Sylleion''). From 469 BC, the city (as Sillyon) became part of the [[Classical Athens\|Athenian]]-led [[Delian League]]. It is mentioned in the Athenian tribute lists in c. 450 BC and again in 425 BC, and then disappears again from the historical record until 333 BC, when [[Alexander the Great]] is said to have unsuccessfully besieged it. According to [[Arrian]] (''[[Anabasis Alexandri]]'' I. 26), the site (recorded as Syllion) was well-fortified and had a strong garrison of mercenaries and "native barbarians", so that Alexander, pressed for time, had to abandon the siege after the first attempt at storming it failed.<ref name="Gernot442"/>

	The city was extensively rebuilt under the [[Seleucids]], especially its theatre. In later times, when most of western [[Asia Minor]] fell to the [[~~Kingdom~~ ~~of Pergamon~~]], Sillyon remained a [[free city (antiquity)\|free city]] by a decision of the [[Roman Senate]].<ref name="Gernot442"/>		The city was extensively rebuilt under the [[Seleucids]], especially its theatre. In later times, when most of western [[Asia Minor]] fell to the [[Attalid kingdom]], Sillyon remained a [[free city (antiquity)\|free city]] by a decision of the [[Roman Senate]].<ref name="Gernot442"/>
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Archaeological remains

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	The ruins of Sillyon/Syllaion date from the [[Hellenistic]], [[Ancient Rome\|Roman]], [[Byzantine]] and partly [[Seljuks\|Seljuk]] eras. Among these are remains of city gates, a [[stadium]], an [[amphitheatre]] and an [[odeon (building)\|odeon]] (some of which have tumbled because of a landslide), a [[temple]], a [[cistern]] and a [[Gymnasium (ancient Greece)\|gymnasium]]. Much of it is threatened by landslide, since the city is located atop a rocky plateau.<ref name="Gernot442"/>		The ruins of Sillyon/Syllaion date from the [[Hellenistic]], [[Ancient Rome\|Roman]], [[Byzantine]] and partly [[Seljuks\|Seljuk]] eras. Among these are remains of city gates, a [[stadium]], an [[amphitheatre]] and an [[odeon (building)\|odeon]] (some of which have tumbled because of a landslide), a [[temple]], a [[cistern]] and a [[Gymnasium (ancient Greece)\|gymnasium]]. Much of it is threatened by landslide, since the city is located atop a rocky plateau.<ref name="Gernot442"/>

			<gallery>
			File:Sillyon ancient palace in 2015 5345.jpg\|Ancient palace
			File:Sillyon bastion in 2015 5369.jpg\|Bastion
			File:Sillyon Byzantine building in 2015 5428 panorama.jpg\|Byzantine building
			File:Sillyon collapsed theatre and odeion in 2015 5460.jpg\|Collapsed theatre and odeion
			File:Sillyon view from below hill in 2015 5485 panorama.jpg\|View from below hill
			File:Sillyon gate in 2015 5470.jpg\|Gate
			File:Sillyon Hellenist building in 2015 5445.jpg\|Hellenist building
			File:Sillyon lone tower in 2015 5379.jpg\|Gate tower
			File:Sillyon Medieval castle in 2015 5441.jpg\|Medieval castle
			File:Sillyon stadium in 2015 5336.jpg\|Stadium
			File:Sillyon walls in 2015 5387.jpg\|Wall
			File:Sillyon Small church in 2015 5451.jpg\|Small church
			File:Sillyon Mescit in 2015 5416.jpg\|Mescit
			File:Sillyon water supply site in 2015 5351.jpg\|Water supply
			</gallery>

	== References ==		== References ==

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	== External links ==		== External links ==
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	* [https://www.beaux-arts.ca/en/see/collections/artwork.php?mkey=28316 Panoramic photo of the ruins of Sillyon/Syllaion by Pierre Trémaux (1818-1895), taken c. 1862-1868]		* [https://www.beaux-arts.ca/en/see/collections/artwork.php?mkey=28316 Panoramic photo of the ruins of Sillyon/Syllaion by Pierre Trémaux (1818-1895), taken c. 1862-1868] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170108190255/https://www.beaux-arts.ca/en/see/collections/artwork.php?mkey=28316 \|date=2017-01-08 }}
	* [http://www.pbase.com/dosseman/sillyon Over 160 pictures of Sillyon]		* [http://www.pbase.com/dosseman/sillyon Over 160 pictures of Sillyon]

ZVdP: Changed 'Selyniys' to 'Selywiys' for the Greco-Pamphylian form as is attested on the coins

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Changed 'Selyniys' to 'Selywiys' for the Greco-Pamphylian form as is attested on the coins

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	'''Sillyon''' ({{lang-el\|Σίλλυον}}), also '''Sylleion''' (Σύλλειον), in [[Byzantine]] times '''Syllaeum''' or '''Syllaion''' ({{lang\|grc\|Συλλαῖον}}), was an important fortress and city near [[Attaleia]] in [[Pamphylia]], on the southern coast of modern [[Turkey]]. The native [[Pamphylian Greek\|Greco-Pamphylian]] form was '''~~Selyniys~~''', possibly deriving from the original [[Hittite language\|Hittite]] '''Sallawassi'''. Its modern Turkish names are Yanköy Hisarı or Asar Köy.<ref name="Gernot439">Gernot (2003), p. 439</ref>		'''Sillyon''' ({{lang-el\|Σίλλυον}}), also '''Sylleion''' (Σύλλειον), in [[Byzantine]] times '''Syllaeum''' or '''Syllaion''' ({{lang\|grc\|Συλλαῖον}}), was an important fortress and city near [[Attaleia]] in [[Pamphylia]], on the southern coast of modern [[Turkey]]. The native [[Pamphylian Greek\|Greco-Pamphylian]] form was '''Selywiys''', possibly deriving from the original [[Hittite language\|Hittite]] '''Sallawassi'''. Its modern Turkish names are Yanköy Hisarı or Asar Köy.<ref name="Gernot439">Gernot (2003), p. 439</ref>

	== Antiquity ==		== Antiquity ==

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Numismatics: Corrected inscription on coin, from ΣΕΛΥNΙΥΣ to ΣΕΛΥИΙΥΣ with Pamphylian digamma

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	=== Numismatics ===		=== Numismatics ===
	The city has an attested continuous tradition of minting its own coins from the early 3rd century BC up to the reign of the [[Roman emperor]] [[Aurelian]] in the 270s.<ref name="Gernot439"/> Silver [[tetradrachm]]s of the Alexandrian and [[Lysimachus\|Lysimachian]] types were minted between 281 and 190 BC, but other than that, the city's coinage is in bronze. 3rd-century BC coins feature a bearded head or a standing figure, possibly identifiable with [[Apollo]], or a lightning and the inscription ~~ΣΕΛΥΝΙΥΣ~~ (the native Pamphylian name). Coinage under Roman suzerainty featured the same motifs, but with the inscription [[hellenized]] to ϹΙΛΛΥΕΩΝ ("of the Sillyeans").<ref name="Gernot439"/>		The city has an attested continuous tradition of minting its own coins from the early 3rd century BC up to the reign of the [[Roman emperor]] [[Aurelian]] in the 270s.<ref name="Gernot439"/> Silver [[tetradrachm]]s of the Alexandrian and [[Lysimachus\|Lysimachian]] types were minted between 281 and 190 BC, but other than that, the city's coinage is in bronze. 3rd-century BC coins feature a bearded head or a standing figure, possibly identifiable with [[Apollo]], or a lightning and the inscription ΣΕΛΥИΙΥΣ (the native Pamphylian name, where [[Digamma#Pamphylian_digamma\|И=/w/]]). Coinage under Roman suzerainty featured the same motifs, but with the inscription [[hellenized]] to ϹΙΛΛΥΕΩΝ ("of the Sillyeans").<ref name="Gernot439"/>
	[[Epiphania (Cilicia)\|Epiphania]] was a city in [[ancient Cilicia\|Cilicia]] Secunda (Cilicia Trachea), in [[Anatolia]].		[[Epiphania (Cilicia)\|Epiphania]] was a city in [[ancient Cilicia\|Cilicia]] Secunda (Cilicia Trachea), in [[Anatolia]].

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	== Antiquity ==		== Antiquity ==
	Throughout Antiquity, the city was relatively unimportant. According to one legend, the city was founded as a colony from [[Argos]], while another holds that it was founded, along with [[Side, Turkey\|Side]] and [[Aspendos]], by the seers [[Mopsos]], [[Calchas]] and [[Amphilochus (brother of Alcmaeon)\|Amphilochus]] after the [[Trojan War]].<ref name="Gernot442">Gernot (2003), p. 442</ref> The city is first mentioned in c. 500 BC by [[Pseudo-Scylax]] (''polis Sylleion''). From 469 BC, the city (as Sillyon) became part of the [[Classical Athens\|Athenian]]-led [[Delian League]]. It is mentioned in the Athenian tribute lists in c. 450 BC and again in 425 BC, and then disappears again from the historical record until 333 BC, when [[Alexander the Great]] is said to have unsuccessfully besieged it. According to [[Arrian]] (''[[Anabasis Alexandri]]'' I. 26), the site (recorded as Syllion) was well-fortified and had a strong garrison of mercenaries and "native barbarians", so that Alexander, pressed for time, had to abandon the siege after the first attempt at storming it failed.<ref name="Gernot442"/>		Throughout Antiquity, the city was relatively unimportant. According to one legend, the city was founded as a colony from [[Ancient Argos\|Argos]], while another holds that it was founded, along with [[Side, Turkey\|Side]] and [[Aspendos]], by the seers [[Mopsos]], [[Calchas]] and [[Amphilochus (brother of Alcmaeon)\|Amphilochus]] after the [[Trojan War]].<ref name="Gernot442">Gernot (2003), p. 442</ref> The city is first mentioned in c. 500 BC by [[Pseudo-Scylax]] (''polis Sylleion''). From 469 BC, the city (as Sillyon) became part of the [[Classical Athens\|Athenian]]-led [[Delian League]]. It is mentioned in the Athenian tribute lists in c. 450 BC and again in 425 BC, and then disappears again from the historical record until 333 BC, when [[Alexander the Great]] is said to have unsuccessfully besieged it. According to [[Arrian]] (''[[Anabasis Alexandri]]'' I. 26), the site (recorded as Syllion) was well-fortified and had a strong garrison of mercenaries and "native barbarians", so that Alexander, pressed for time, had to abandon the siege after the first attempt at storming it failed.<ref name="Gernot442"/>

	The city was extensively rebuilt under the [[Seleucids]], especially its theatre. In later times, when most of western [[Asia Minor]] fell to the [[Kingdom of Pergamon]], Sillyon remained a [[free city (antiquity)\|free city]] by a decision of the [[Roman Senate]].<ref name="Gernot442"/>		The city was extensively rebuilt under the [[Seleucids]], especially its theatre. In later times, when most of western [[Asia Minor]] fell to the [[Kingdom of Pergamon]], Sillyon remained a [[free city (antiquity)\|free city]] by a decision of the [[Roman Senate]].<ref name="Gernot442"/>

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	[[Category:Byzantine sites in Anatolia]]		[[Category:Byzantine sites in Anatolia]]

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	The ruins of Sillyon/Syllaion date from the [[Hellenistic]], [[Ancient Rome\|Roman]], [[Byzantine]] and partly [[Seljuks\|Seljuk]] eras. Among these are remains of city gates, a [[stadium]], an [[amphitheatre]] and an [[odeon (building)\|odeon]] (some of which have tumbled because of a landslide), a [[temple]], a [[cistern]] and a [[Gymnasium (ancient Greece)\|gymnasium]]. Much of it is threatened by landslide, since the city is located atop a rocky plateau.<ref name="Gernot442"/>		The ruins of Sillyon/Syllaion date from the [[Hellenistic]], [[Ancient Rome\|Roman]], [[Byzantine]] and partly [[Seljuks\|Seljuk]] eras. Among these are remains of city gates, a [[stadium]], an [[amphitheatre]] and an [[odeon (building)\|odeon]] (some of which have tumbled because of a landslide), a [[temple]], a [[cistern]] and a [[Gymnasium (ancient Greece)\|gymnasium]]. Much of it is threatened by landslide, since the city is located atop a rocky plateau.<ref name="Gernot442"/>

			<gallery>
			File:Sillyon ancient palace in 2015 5345.jpg\|Ancient palace
			File:Sillyon bastion in 2015 5369.jpg\|Bastion
			File:Sillyon Byzantine building in 2015 5428 panorama.jpg\|Byzantine building
			File:Sillyon collapsed theatre and odeion in 2015 5460.jpg\|Collapsed theatre and odeion
			File:Sillyon view from below hill in 2015 5485 panorama.jpg\|View from below hill
			File:Sillyon gate in 2015 5470.jpg\|Gate
			File:Sillyon Hellenist building in 2015 5445.jpg\|Hellenist building
			File:Sillyon lone tower in 2015 5379.jpg\|Gate tower
			File:Sillyon Medieval castle in 2015 5441.jpg\|Medieval castle
			File:Sillyon stadium in 2015 5336.jpg\|Stadium
			File:Sillyon walls in 2015 5387.jpg\|Wall
			File:Sillyon Small church in 2015 5451.jpg\|Small church
			File:Sillyon Mescit in 2015 5416.jpg\|Mescit
			File:Sillyon water supply site in 2015 5351.jpg\|Water supply
			</gallery>

	== References ==		== References ==