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As one of the most important site of the region of Caria, the history of Iasos dates
back to 3000BC. Once situated on an island, the city is now joined to the mainland,
creating a peninsula. The people of Iasos were mostly getting their earns
from fishing, which is also exactly the same, today. Apollo and Artemis were the
protecting god & goddess of Iasos. |
Bathing of the boys in the sea after the tiring training in gymnasium was a tradition
in Iasos. Interestingly, while they were bathing, a dolphin was continuously taking one
boy to the far and bringing him back later to the shore. Then, Alexander the
Great took the boy for making him the priest Poseidon in Babil. Consequently,
the boy on a dolphin was represented on the coins of 3rd century BC, due to
its great influence on the people of Iasos. |
Apart from the well-preserved agora, bouleterion, theatre and The Temple of
Artemis Astias (dedicated to the Goddess Artemis) , "Fish Market" - a funerary
monument in the form of a Corinth temple, is the most impressive construction
dating from the Roman period. It is located inside the courtyard and consisted
of four columns on the forth side. "Fish Market" was restored to be
used as an open air museum in 1995. |
The excavations in Iasos started by an Italian team in the head of
Prof. Dr. Doro Levi in 1960, and continued by Dr. Fede Berti until today. | |
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Historical Places 
