Phellos Antik Kenti

About Phellos Antik Kenti

Phellos is the site of an ancient Lycian city on the slope of Felen Dağı, north-east of Kaş, built on a hill that overlooks the surrounding mountainous country. The Culture Portal notes that it faces Antiphellos, and that the two are among a few Lycian cities with Greek names. The site lies near Çukurbağ, and Antiphellos served as its port. The Greek historian and geographer Hecataeus mentioned the city around 500 BC, and Scylax of Caryanda also referred to it. Its tombs provide some of the earliest evidence for Lycian settlement of the region. Phellos was a member of the Lycian League, during a period when it controlled lands in the area, including the castles at Bayındır and Limanı. The geographer Strabo also mentioned it in his Geographica. Scholars were long unsure of the city's exact location. In 1840 the English explorer Charles Fellows, working from Greek inscriptions that were difficult to read, placed it near the village of Saaret.