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'''Knidos''' or '''Cnidus''' (Turkish '''Tekir''') is an ancient [[Greece|Greek]] city in [[Asia Minor]], once part of the country of [[Caria]]. It is situated at the extremity of the long Datça peninsula, which forms the southern side of the [[Sinus Ceramicus]] or Gulf of [[Kos]].

It was built partly on the mainland and partly on the Island of [[Triopion]] or Cape Krio, which in Antiquity communicated with the continent by a causeway and bridge, and now by a narrow sandy isthmus. By means of the causeway the channel between island and mainland was formed into two harbours, of which the larger, or southern, was further enclosed by two strongly-built moles that are still in good part entire.

The extreme length of the city was little less than a mile, and the whole intramural area is still thickly strewn with architectural remains. The walls, both of the island and on the mainland, can be traced throughout their whole circuit; and in many places, especially round the acropolis, at the northeast corner of the city, they are remarkably perfect. The first Western knowledge of the site was due to the mission of the [[Dilettante Society]] in 1812, and the excavations executed by C. T. Newton in 1857-1858.

The [[agora]], the theatre, an [[odeum]], a temple of Dionysus, a temple of the Muses, a temple of Aphrodite and a great number of minor buildings have been identified, and the general plan of the city has been very clearly made out. The most famous statue by [[Praxiteles]], the [[Aphrodite of Knidos]], was made for Cnidus. It has perished, but late copies exist, of which the most faithful is in the Vatican Museums. In a temple enclosure Newton discovered a fine seated statue of [[Demeter]], which he sent back to the British Museum, and about three miles south-east of the city he came upon the ruins of a splendid tomb, and a colossal figure of a lion carved out of one block of [[Pentelic marble]], ten feet in length and six in height, which has been supposed to commemorate the great naval victory, the [[Battle of Cnidus]] in which [[Conon]] defeated the [[Lacedaemon]]ians in [[394 BC]].

Knidos was a city of high antiquity and as a Hellenic city probably of Lacedaemonian colonization. Along with [[Halicarnassus]] and Kos, and the [[Rhodes|Rhodian]] cities of [[Lindos]], [[Kamiros]] and [[Ialyssos]] it formed the [[Dorian Hexapolis]], which held its confederate assemblies on the Triopian headland, and there celebrated games in honour of [[Apollo]], [[Poseidon]] and the [[nymph]]s.

The city was at first governed by an oligarchic senate, composed of sixty members, and presided over by a magistrate; but, though it is proved by inscriptions that the old names continued to a very late period, the constitution underwent a popular transformation. The situation of the city was favourable for commerce, and the Knidians acquired considerable wealth, and were able to colonize the island of [[Lipara]], and founded a city on Corcyra Nigra in the [[Adriatic Sea|Adriatic]]. They ultimately submitted to [[Cyrus the Great|Cyrus]], and from the [[battle of Eurymedon]] to the latter part of the [[Peloponnesian War]] they were subject to [[Athens]].

In 394 BC, off the port, Conon fought the battle which destroyed [[Sparta]]n hegemony. The Romans easily obtained their allegiance, and rewarded them for help given against [[Antiochus]] by leaving them the freedom of their city. During the Byzantine period there must still have been a considerable population: for the ruins contain a large number of buildings belonging to the Byzantine style, and Christian sepulchres are common in the neighbourhood.

[[Eudoxus of Cnidus|Eudoxus]], the astronomer, [[Ctesias]], the writer on [[History of Persia|Persian history]], and [[Sostratus of Cnidus|Sostratus]], the builder of the celebrated [[Lighthouse of Alexandria|Pharos at Alexandria]], are the most remarkable of the Knidians mentioned in history.

==References==

*[http://penelope.uchicago.edu/~grout/encyclopaedia_romana/greece/hetairai/tivoli.html The ''Knidia'' of Praxiteles and its setting]

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-The [[agora]], the theatre, an odeum, a temple of Dionysus, a temple of the Muses, a temple of Aphrodite and a great number of minor buildings have been identified, and the general plan of the city has been very clearly made out. The most famous statue by [[Praxiteles]], the [[Aphrodite of Knidos]], was made for Cnidus. It has perished, but late copies exist, of which the most faithful is in the Vatican Museums. In a temple enclosure Newton discovered a fine seated statue of [[Demeter]], which he sent back to the British Museum, and about three miles south-east of the city he came upon the ruins of a splendid tomb, and a colossal figure of a lion carved out of one block of [[Pentelic marble]], ten feet in length and six in height, which has been supposed to commemorate the great naval victory, the [[Battle of Cnidus]] in which [[Conon]] defeated the [[Lacedaemon]]ians in [[394 BC]].
+The [[agora]], the theatre, an odeum, a temple of [[Dionysus]], a temple of the [[Muses]], a temple of [[Aphrodite]] and a great number of minor buildings have been identified, and the general plan of the city has been very clearly made out. The most famous statue by [[Praxiteles]], the [[Aphrodite of Knidos]], was made for Cnidus. It has perished, but late copies exist, of which the most faithful is in the Vatican Museums. In a temple enclosure Newton discovered a fine seated statue of [[Demeter]], which he sent back to the British Museum, and about three miles south-east of the city he came upon the ruins of a splendid tomb, and a colossal figure of a lion carved out of one block of [[Pentelic marble]], ten feet in length and six in height, which has been supposed to commemorate the great naval victory, the [[Battle of Cnidus]] in which [[Conon]] defeated the [[Lacedaemon]]ians in [[394 BC]].
-Knidos was a city of high antiquity and as a Hellenic city probably of Lacedaemonian colonization. Along with [[Halicarnassus]] and Kos, and the [[Rhodes|Rhodian]] cities of [[Lindos]], [[Kamiros]] and [[Ialyssos]] it formed the [[Dorian Hexapolis]], which held its confederate assemblies on the Triopian headland, and there celebrated games in honour of [[Apollo]], [[Poseidon]] and the [[nymph]]s.
+Knidos was a city of high antiquity and as a Hellenic city probably of Lacedaemonian colonization. Along with [[Halicarnassus]] and [[Kos]], and the [[Rhodes|Rhodian]] cities of [[Lindos]], [[Kamiros]] and [[Ialyssos]] it formed the [[Dorian Hexapolis]], which held its confederate assemblies on the Triopian headland, and there celebrated games in honour of [[Apollo]], [[Poseidon]] and the [[nymph]]s.
-The city was at first governed by an oligarchic senate, composed of sixty members, and presided over by a magistrate; but, though it is proved by inscriptions that the old names continued to a very late period, the constitution underwent a popular transformation. The situation of the city was favourable for commerce, and the Knidians acquired considerable wealth, and were able to colonize the island of [[Lipara]], and founded a city on Corcyra Nigra in the [[Adriatic Sea|Adriatic]]. They ultimately submitted to [[Cyrus the Great|Cyrus]], and from the [[battle of Eurymedon]] to the latter part of the [[Peloponnesian War]] they were subject to [[Athens]].
+The city was at first governed by an oligarchic senate, composed of sixty members, and presided over by a magistrate; but, though it is proved by inscriptions that the old names continued to a very late period, the constitution underwent a popular transformation. The situation of the city was favourable for commerce, and the Knidians acquired considerable wealth, and were able to colonize the island of [[Lipara]], and founded a city on Corcyra Nigra in the Adriatic. They ultimately submitted to [[Cyrus the Great|Cyrus]], and from the [[battle of Eurymedon]] to the latter part of the [[Peloponnesian War]] they were subject to [[Athens]].
-In 394 BC, off the port, Conon fought the battle which destroyed [[Sparta]]n hegemony. The Romans easily obtained their allegiance, and rewarded them for help given against [[Antiochus]] by leaving them the freedom of their city. During the Byzantine period there must still have been a considerable population: for the ruins contain a large number of buildings belonging to the Byzantine style, and Christian sepulchres are common in the neighbourhood.
+In [[394 BC]], off the port, [[Conon]] fought the battle which destroyed [[Sparta]]n hegemony. The Romans easily obtained their allegiance, and rewarded them for help given against [[Antiochus]] by leaving them the freedom of their city. During the Byzantine period there must still have been a considerable population: for the ruins contain a large number of buildings belonging to the Byzantine style, and Christian sepulchres are common in the neighbourhood.
-[[Eudoxus of Cnidus|Eudoxus]], the astronomer, [[Ctesias]], the writer on [[History of Persia|Persian history]], and [[Sostratus of Cnidus|Sostratus]], the builder of the celebrated [[Lighthouse of Alexandria|Pharos at Alexandria]], are the most remarkable of the Knidians mentioned in history.
+[[Eudoxus of Cnidus|Eudoxus]], the astronomer, [[Ctesias]], the writer on Persian history and [[Sostratus of Cnidus|Sostratus]], the builder of the celebrated [[Lighthouse of Alexandria|Pharos at Alexandria]], are the most remarkable of the Knidians mentioned in history.
 ==References==

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-'''Knidos''' or '''Cnidus''' (Turkish '''Tekir''') is an ancient [[Greece|Greek]] city in [[Asia Minor]], once part of the country of [[Caria]].  It is situated at the extremity of the long Datça peninsula, which forms the southern side of the [[Sinus Ceramicus]] or Gulf of [[Kos]].
+'''Knidos''' or '''Cnidus''' (Turkish '''Tekir''') is an ancient [[Greece|Greek]] city in [[Asia Minor]], once part of the country of Caria.  It is situated at the extremity of the long Datça peninsula, which forms the southern side of the [[Sinus Ceramicus]] or Gulf of [[Kos]].
 It was built partly on the mainland and partly on the Island of [[Triopion]] or Cape Krio, which in Antiquity communicated with the continent by a causeway and bridge, and now by a narrow sandy isthmus. By means of the causeway the channel between island and mainland was formed into two harbours, of which the larger, or southern, was further enclosed by two strongly-built moles that are still in good part entire.
-The extreme length of the city was little less than a mile, and the whole intramural area is still thickly strewn with architectural remains. The walls, both of the island and on the mainland, can be traced throughout their whole circuit; and in many places, especially round the acropolis, at the northeast corner of the city, they are remarkably perfect. The first Western knowledge of the site was due to the mission of the [[Dilettante Society]] in 1812, and the excavations executed by C. T. Newton in 1857-1858.
+The extreme length of the city was little less than a mile, and the whole intramural area is still thickly strewn with architectural remains. The walls, both of the island and on the mainland, can be traced throughout their whole circuit; and in many places, especially round the acropolis, at the northeast corner of the city, they are remarkably perfect. The first Western knowledge of the site was due to the mission of the Dilettante Society in 1812, and the excavations executed by C. T. Newton in 1857-1858.
-The [[agora]], the theatre, an [[odeum]], a temple of Dionysus, a temple of the Muses, a temple of Aphrodite and a great number of minor buildings have been identified, and the general plan of the city has been very clearly made out. The most famous statue by [[Praxiteles]], the [[Aphrodite of Knidos]], was made for Cnidus. It has perished, but late copies exist, of which the most faithful is in the Vatican Museums. In a temple enclosure Newton discovered a fine seated statue of [[Demeter]], which he sent back to the British Museum, and about three miles south-east of the city he came upon the ruins of a splendid tomb, and a colossal figure of a lion carved out of one block of [[Pentelic marble]], ten feet in length and six in height, which has been supposed to commemorate the great naval victory, the [[Battle of Cnidus]] in which [[Conon]] defeated the [[Lacedaemon]]ians in [[394 BC]].
+The [[agora]], the theatre, an odeum, a temple of Dionysus, a temple of the Muses, a temple of Aphrodite and a great number of minor buildings have been identified, and the general plan of the city has been very clearly made out. The most famous statue by [[Praxiteles]], the [[Aphrodite of Knidos]], was made for Cnidus. It has perished, but late copies exist, of which the most faithful is in the Vatican Museums. In a temple enclosure Newton discovered a fine seated statue of [[Demeter]], which he sent back to the British Museum, and about three miles south-east of the city he came upon the ruins of a splendid tomb, and a colossal figure of a lion carved out of one block of [[Pentelic marble]], ten feet in length and six in height, which has been supposed to commemorate the great naval victory, the [[Battle of Cnidus]] in which [[Conon]] defeated the [[Lacedaemon]]ians in [[394 BC]].
 Knidos was a city of high antiquity and as a Hellenic city probably of Lacedaemonian colonization. Along with [[Halicarnassus]] and Kos, and the [[Rhodes|Rhodian]] cities of [[Lindos]], [[Kamiros]] and [[Ialyssos]] it formed the [[Dorian Hexapolis]], which held its confederate assemblies on the Triopian headland, and there celebrated games in honour of [[Apollo]], [[Poseidon]] and the [[nymph]]s.

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