Myndos' Rabbit Island in modern Gümüslük.

Myndus or Myndos was an ancient Greek city of Caria in Asia Minor, built on the Bodrum Peninsula, and is the sight of modern Gümüslük, Turkey. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1024x768, 339 KB) Myndos Rabbit Island in the Agean, connected to the mainland by sunken city wall. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1024x768, 339 KB) Myndos Rabbit Island in the Agean, connected to the mainland by sunken city wall. ... Location of Caria Caria (Greek Καρία; see also List of traditional Greek place names) was a region of Asia Minor, situated south of Ionia, and west of Phrygia and Lycia. ... Anatolia (Greek: ανατολη anatole, rising of the sun or East; compare Orient and Levant, by popular etymology Turkish Anadolu to ana mother and dolu filled), also called by the Latin name of Asia Minor, is a region of Southwest Asia which corresponds today to... Bodrum Castle can be seen on the upper left corner, Bodrum marina is located on the right side of the bay Bodrum (formerly Budrum, previously Petronium, originally Halicarnassus) is a Turkish port in MuÄŸla Province. ...

Once the cynic philosopher Diogenes of Sinope visited Myndos and upon noticing how large the city gates were relative to the town, he cynically said; "Oh men of Myndos, I urge you to shut the city gates, as your town might exit from these!" Cynicism (Greek κυνισμός) was originally the philosophy of a group of ancient Greeks called the Cynics, founded by Antisthenes. ... Diogenes by John William Waterhouse, depicting his lamp, tub and diet of onions. ...

In V.33, Herodotus relates the story of how a captain from Myndus, Scylax, was found to have left no guards on his ship while a Persian force was preparing to attack the island of Naxos. The Persian commander, Megabates, flew into a rage and had him put in stocks, at which point Aristagoras, a tyrant from Miletus helping several Naxian oligarchs to retake Naxos, discovered what had happened to his guest-friend Scylax. Pleading with Megabates to no avail for Scylax, he released him anyway, incurring the Persian commander's wrath. The consequence of this falling out was that, according to Herodotus, Megabates warned the Naxians of what was afoot, ruining the expedition and in turn Aristagoras who, with nowhere to go, stirred up the Ionian Revolt. This is a classic example of Ionian αταξιη (lack of discipline, disorder, licentiousness), a charge commonly levelled at them, especially in the 5th century by Athens. Bust of Herodotus Herodotus of Halicarnassus (Greek: , Herodotos Halikarnasseus) was a Dorian Greek historian who lived in the 5th century BC (484 BC - ca. ... Naxos (Greek: Νάξος; Italian: Nicsia; Turkish: NakÅŸa) is a Greek island, the largest island (428 km²) in the Cyclades island group in the Aegean. ... Aristagoras was the leader of Miletus in the late 6th century BC and early 5th century BC. He was the son of Molpagoras, and son_in_law (and nephew) of Histiaeus, whom the Persians had set up as tyrant of Miletus. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The lower half of the benches and the remnants of the scene building of the theater of Miletus, as it was on August 6, 2005. ... The Ionian Revolts were triggered by the actions of Aristagoras, the tyrant of the Ionian city of Miletus at the end of the 6th century BC and the beginning of the 5th century BC. They constituted the first major conflict between Greece and Persia. ... Evzones Athens (Greek: Αθήνα, Athína IPA: ) is the capital and largest city of Greece. ...

Gumusluk.info Tourist Guide for Gumusluk located on the ancient city of Myndos