BC 400 – AD 700
Aperlai
A harbour city that struck its own coinage; part of its walls and its quay now lie below sea level.
- Lycian League votes
- 1
- Location
- 36.1596° N, 29.7822° E
- Today
- Sıcak Yarımadası · Kaş, Antalya
On the Lycian Way
Four cities, one vote
Antiphellos – Aperlai – Simena
In the bay of Kekova the fine machinery of the Lycian League shows itself: Aperlai, Simena, Apollonia and Isinda voted as a single unit — four cities, one vote. An order that neither ignored the small nor inflated it. On the shore lies the sunken city: the earthquake of the second century AD dropped the ground, and the steps of the houses run down into the water.
The whole Lycian Way — 12 stages, 540 km
In mythology
A country that lives with the sea
The Nereids
The Lycian coast is full of islands, coves and sunken cities; here the sea is not a border but a road. So the Nereids appear not only on one monument but on the coins and votive offerings of the coastal cities. A people who put out to sea every day take the nymphs of the sea along with them.
Nearby cities
Apollonia · Teimiussa · Simena · Isinda · Dolichiste