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Ancient Lycian port town From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Siderus (also known as Siderous; Ancient Greek: Σιδηροῦς) was a port town of ancient Lycia, referenced in the Periplus of Pseudo-Scylax[1] and the Stadiasmus Maris Magni.[2] The town is also noted by Stephanus of Byzantium under the name Sidarus or Sidarous (Σιδαροῦς).[3] The place may also have borne the name Posidarisus or Posidarisous,[4] mentioned in The Chronicon of Hippolytus as being 30 stadia from Crambousa and the same distance from Moron Hydor.[5]
There was a promontory of the same name, which is identified by modern scholars as Adrasan Burnu in modern Turkey.[4][6] 19th century writers William Martin Leake and William Smith equated the site of Siderus with that of Olympus.[7] However, modern scholars place Siderus at Ceneviz Limanı.[4]