Telmessos (Caria)

Telmessos or Telmessus, also Telmissos (Ancient Greek: Τελμησσός or Τελμισσός), was a town in ancient Caria.

Its site is tentatively located at the remains near Görece in Asiatic Turkey.[1][2] There was a shrine dedicated to Daphne in Telmessos.[3]

Notes

1. Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 61, and directory notes accompanying.
2. Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
3. http://www.themystica.com/mythical-folk/~articles/d/daphne.html

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Telmessus". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.