Assesos

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: Anika Campbell

Contributors: R. Scott Smith, Brady Kiesling, Greta Hawes, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker

Last modified Feb 13, 2026 01:35 PM — History

An ancient city with an archaic temple of Athena, identified with modern Mengerevtepe, which is located southeast of Miletos, in Caria, Turkey.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/978383930

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
37.484, 27.333

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- ToposText location (750 BC - 330 BC) accuracy: +/- 1000 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Ἀσσησός (Assesos: Ancient Greek, unspecified date range)
- Mengerevtepe (Turkish, AD 2000 - AD 2099)

Assesos makes connections with:

Assesos located southeast of Miletus (unspecified date range)

Assesos receives connections from:

None

Place type:
settlement

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Evidence:

See Further:

ToposText Assesos (Ionia)

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Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

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Suggested citation:
Anika Campbell, R. Scott Smith, Brady Kiesling, Greta Hawes, Tom Elliott, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Assesos: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2026 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/978383930> [accessed: 06 March 2026]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/978383930 |title=Places: 978383930 (Assesos) |author=Campbell, A. |accessdate=March 6, 2026 3:37 am |publisher=Pleiades}}