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Magnesia ad Maeandrum was an ancient city on the Maeander River in Ionia, site of an important sanctuary of Artemis Leukophryene ("of the white eyebrow").

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/599778

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
37.8498623435, 27.5231784408

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- OSM Location: archaeological site of Magnesia (550 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Leukophrys (Ancient Greek, 550 BC - 330 BC)
- Magnesia (Latin, AD 300 - AD 640)
- Magnesia ad Maeandrum (Latin, 550 BC - AD 640)
- Μαγνησία ἐπὶ Μαιάνδρῳ (Magnēsía epì Maiándrō: Ancient Greek, 330 BC - AD 300)
- Μαγνησία ἡ Ἀσιανή (Magnēsía hē Asianḗ: Ancient Greek, 550 BC - 330 BC)
Associated Modern Names:
- Tekin (Turkish, AD 2000 - AD 2099)
- Tekke (Turkish, AD 1900 - AD 1999)

Magnesia ad Maeandrum/Leukophrys makes connections with:

Magnesia ad Maeandrum/Leukophrys part of (administrative) Attalid kingdom (330 BC - 30 BC)
Magnesia ad Maeandrum/Leukophrys located in Caria (region) (unspecified date range)
Magnesia ad Maeandrum/Leukophrys located on Maeander (river) (550 BC - AD 300)
Magnesia ad Maeandrum/Leukophrys founded by Magnesia (region) (unspecified date range)
Magnesia ad Maeandrum/Leukophrys part of (administrative) Seleucid Empire (330 BC - 30 BC)

Magnesia ad Maeandrum/Leukophrys receives connections from:

[Bushahr]/Antiocheia in Persis founded by Magnesia ad Maeandrum/Leukophrys (330 BC - 30 BC)

Place type:
settlement, archaeological site

References:

Evidence:

TP (Talbert: CUP) 8B5 (Talbert 2229)

See Further:

Related:

Initial Provenance:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 61 F2 Magnesia ad Maeandrum/Leukophrys

Details:

The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Tekke

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Suggested citation:
C. Foss, G. Reger, Sean Gillies, Chris de Lisle, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, Johan Åhlfeldt, R. Talbert, and Phoebe Acheson, 'Magnesia ad Maeandrum/Leukophrys: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/599778> [accessed: 17 June 2025]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/599778 |title=Places: 599778 (Magnesia ad Maeandrum/Leukophrys) |author=Foss, C., G. Reger |accessdate=June 17, 2025 6:49 pm |publisher=Pleiades}}