Mylasa and its territory

Urban Rituals in Sacred Landscapes in Hellenistic Asia Minor

“…The sanctuary of Sinuri also benefitted from their building program, proving its relevance at this time. While the inscriptions at Labraunda are in Greek, communicating to a cosmopolitan audience, the bilingual inscriptions at the shrine of Sinuri 16 Rumscheid (1999b); Reger (2010) on the question of the 'Little Sea' towards Iasos, and Descat (2013) on the route from the south near Hydissos and Sekköy/Talagreia. 17 Rumscheid (2010).…”

“…The Mylasans obviously understood that they would ultimately be responsible for the administration of the sanctuary and its holdings; as Debord argues, they were probably primarily interested in streamlining the administration of which Iasos had with Mylasa who encroached upon their area, and that the Iasians were probably eager to support anything that might potentially weaken the Mylasans, Debord (2011), 137-138. The dispute of 'The Little Sea' is discussed in more detail in Reger (2010), 44-49. 205 Debord (2011), 143.…”

“…278 See Horster (2010) on long lists of sacred lands as creating a 'virtual religious landscape' in the mind of the one viewing the inscription, further discussed in Chapter 4 on the sanctuary of Sinuri. 279 Reger alternatively suggested that in light of the recent events Olympichos personally "showed his colors with a major favor to the Mylasans' tutelary deity, and he rubbed Zeus Labraundos's nose in it by his order to advertise his generosity to a rival in a 'most prominent place' in that god's sanctuary," Reger (2010), 53. This is certainly an attractive idea, but I view this inscription more as an act of inclusion, enforcing Labraunda's active Sanctuaries certainly had an archival function, but the locations of inscriptions in ritual space were also often carefully selected for their visibility (Figure 3.6).280 The recurring designation 'in the most conspicuous place' implies not only that they were meant to be read, or at least seen, but also that there was a hierarchy of space.281 Certain places were perceived as more 'conspicuous' than others, no doubt depending on the use and flow of traffic at the sanctuary.…”

“…187-209. 31 On Mylasa's expansionist policy, see Reger (2004), 164-168 andReger (2010), identifying two pulses in Mylasan expansion: a mid-fourth century, under Maussollos, and one that the polis initiated in the mid-third century via sympoliteia of neighboring poleis. I.Labraunda 137 offers further evidence of a sympoliteia with neighboring Olymos at this time, Henry and Aubriet (2015), 699; this inscription designates the area between Mylasa, Olymos, and Labraunda under the topnym Larysynia, Carless Unwin and .…”

“…Epigraphic evidence for property holdings in this area is examined in van Bremen (2016), 11-16. 32 The importance to landlocked Mylasa of Passala and 'the little sea' are discussed in Reger (2010), and now Aubriet (2017). The acquisition of coastal property by Mylasa from Kindye is discussed in detail in Descat (2013), van Bremen (2013, and again Descat (2014).…”