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Cnidus
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Cni·dus also Cni·dos  (nds)
An ancient Greek city of Asia Minor in present-day southwest Asiatic Turkey. It was noted for its wealth and its magnificent buildings and statuary.

Cnidus [ˈnaɪdəs ˈknaɪ-]
n
(Placename) an ancient Greek city in SW Asia Minor: famous for its school of medicine


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So if you are visiting Turkey it is worth seeing Marmaris with its natural attractions, daily sea excursions, caretta caretta turtles, and with the possibility of visiting ancient city ruins such as Cnidos, Caunos, Cleopatra?
95 Painstakingly compiled and deftly edited by Larry Brian Radka, The Electric Mirror On The Pharos Lighthouse And Other Ancient Lighting offers an original, informative, and profusely illustrated in-depth study of the incredible lighthouse constructed by Sostras of Cnidos, as well as a serving as a complete reference to a multitude of many other outstanding electrical lighting accomplishments down through history.
It is possible he chose this city as his heroes' homeland because it was part of the novelistic tradition or, like Cnidos, Samos and Rhodos, part of the religious tradition.
 
 
 
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