Ancient City of Telmessos

Telmessos or Telmessus, also Telmissus, later Anastasiopolis, then Makri or Macre, was the largest city in Lycia, near the Carian border [1]. The well-protected harbor of Telmessos is separated from the Gulf of Telmessos by an island [1]. The Hittite name was Kuwalapašša, while the Lycian name was Telebehi [1]. In the 13th century BC, the Annals of Hattusili III mentions the city as a part of Lukka and conquered by the Hittites [1]. Telmessos was a flourishing city in the west of Lycia, on the Gulf of Fethiye [1]. It was famed for its school of diviners, consulted among others by the Lydian king Croesus, prior to declaring war against Cyrus [1]. Telmessos was a member of the Delian League in the 5th century BC [1]. It was taken by Alexander the Great in 334 BC, when he came to the town after the siege of Halicarnassus [1].