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	Knidos und die erste nackte Göttin - Aphrodite
		Knidos: äußerst sehenswert, aber schwierig zu erreichen, besser genießen mit der Blauen Reise
		an ist Knidos zu einer blühenden Metropole gewachsen.
		Doch wohl erst durch einige große Erdbeben wurde Knidos von Grund auf zerstört und dann von der Bevölkerung verlassen.
	www.bodrumpages.com /deutsch/Knidos.html (2357 words)

	Knidos - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Knidos or Cnidus (modern-day Tekir in Turkey) is an ancient Greek city in Asia Minor, once part of the country of Caria.
		It is situated at the extremity of the long Datça peninsula, which forms the southern side of the Sinus Ceramicus or Gulf of Kos.
		Knidos was a city of high antiquity and as a Hellenic city probably of Lacedaemonian colonization.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Knidos (631 words)

	Knidos - Wikipedia
		Knidos lag ursprünglich wohl in der Mitte der Halbinsel beim heutigen Datça und wurde wahrscheinlich erst um 370 v.
		In der römischen Kaiserzeit ist Knidos in der Provinz Asia gelegen.
		Der Ort Knidos ist auch in der Bibel erwähnt.
	de.wikipedia.org /wiki/Knidos (298 words)

	rogueclassicism: Knidos (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Knidos, located at the extremity of the long Datça peninsula near Bodrum, was built partly on the Anatolian mainland and partly on the Island of Triopion, connected by means of a causeway that became two grand harbors remaining more or less intact even today.
		Knidos was a city of high antiquity featuring a number of ancient worshipping sites, including mostly intact statues of Demeter and temple complexes for Aphrodite and Dionysus among others.
		The ancient city of Knidos lies 35 kilometers from Datça and used to be an advanced city in terms of science, architecture and arts as well as home to the famous astrologist and mathematician Eudoxus, the Persian historian Ctesias, as well as Sostratus, the builder of the celebrated Pharos at Alexandria.
	www.atrium-media.com /rogueclassicism/Posts/00005481.html (478 words)

	Aphrodite of Knidos - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Aphrodite of Knidos was one of the most famous creations of the Attic sculptor Praxiteles (4th century BC).
		The Colonna Venus replica of the Aphrodite of Knidos as it was displayed during the 19th and early 20th centuries.
		At Hadrian's Villa near Tivoli in Italy, there is an ancient recreation of the temple at Knidos with a fragmentary replica of the Aphrodite standing at the center of it, generally matching descriptions in ancient accounts of how the original was displayed.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Aphrodite_of_Knidos (1061 words)

	www.mugla-turizm.gov.tr (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Knidos used to be a most advanced city in terms of science, architecture and arts.
		Knidos covers a large area between the military port, the acropolis and the southern commercial port.
		The smaller one is to the south near of the inner port and the larger one was on the top acropolis, though little trace of it remains since its marble and stones were removed in the 19th century.
	www.mugla-turizm.gov.tr /en/06610.asp (887 words)

	Hotels in Turkey \| Hotels in Istanbul \| Blue Voyage Yachting and Cabin Charters \| Knidos (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The inhabitants of ancient Knidos were excellent mariners with reputations that rivaled those of the Phoenicians in their seamanship.
		Eudoxos, one of the most famous ancient mathematicians and astronomers, was from Knidos as was Sostratos, the architect who designed the lighthouse of Alexandria, one of the seven wonders of the ancient world.
		During Byzantine times Knidos was an insignificant settlement and it was abandoned entirely some time during the 7th century A.D. The city had two harbors: the commercial port was located on the northern side of a promontory while the military port was located on the southern.
	www.exploreturkey.com /exptur.phtml?id=299 (695 words)

	Knidos Datca - Marmaris Turkey (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Knidos archaic city that is located between the archaic cities we mentioned herein above, at the end of Datça Peninsula, at the point where Aegean Sea and Mediterranean combines, on Tekir Cape is one of the most important ones among the Western Anatolia shore cities.
		In the period during which the region was under the control of the Persians, approximately in 360 BC, Knidos people left their city near Datça District and established a new Knidos city in Hippadamos plan at the farthest point of the peninsula.
		Knidos city, which was one of the important cities of Rhodes Union and which exported wine with its improved trade, is surrounded by a wall reinforced with round and cornered towers.
	www.marmaris.org /marmaris_history/Knidos_Datca.shtml (420 words)

	www.mugla-turizm.gov.tr (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Detaillierte Informationen über Knidos finden Sie in dem Buch "Antike Städte der Türkei", das in der Reihe "Gezi Kitapları" erschienen ist.
		Knidos war in der antiken Zeit vor allem wegen seiner Statue der nackten Aphrodite berühmt.
		Knidos war das Zentrum von 6 Städten (Halikarnossos bei Bodrum, Kos bei İstanköy, Ialisos auf Rhodos, Kamiros und Lindos), die ebenfalls von den Doren gegründet worden sind.
	www.mugla-turizm.gov.tr /de/06600.asp (1377 words)

	Durukos Yachting Inc. - Charter - Brokerage - Yacht Building
		Bodrum / Gulf of Gökova / Knidos / Loryma / Marmaris / Bodrum
		Bodrum / Gulf of Gökova / Knidos / Datça / Marmaris or Kaunos / Fethiye
		Bodrum / Gulf of Gökova / Knidos / Datça / Marmaris / Kaunos / Fethiye / Kas / Antalya
	www.durukos.com /itinerarys/routes.htm (1054 words)

	(35) Knidos, Caria (Turkey) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Knidos was a Greek colony in southwestern Asia Minor, situated partly on the mainland and partly on an island connected to it with two moles.
		Knidos was part of a federation of six neighboring cities (including Lindos, Kamiros and Ialysos on Rhodes, and Kos and Halikarnassos) called the Dorian Hexapolis.
		In Knidos he was worshipped as the sun god Triopian Apollo; every four years the federation met in his sanctuary for the Dorian Games in his honor.
	www.lawrence.edu /dept/art/buerger/catalogue/035.html (217 words)

	Knidos Holiday and Travel Guide - Blue Voyage - Cruise - Yacht Tours - Mediterranean Tours
		The inhabitants of ancient Knidos were excellent mariners with reputations that rivaled those of the Phoenicians in their seamanship.
		Ancient Knidos was a city known for its artists, philosophers, and engineers and it grew wealthy through the wine trade.
		During Byzantine times Knidos was an insignificant settlement and it was abandoned entirely some time during the 7th century A.D. The city had two harbors: the commercial port was located on the northern side of a promontory while the military port was located on the southern.
	www.blue-voyage.net /knidos.html (751 words)

	Ataman Hotel - Knidos
		The setting of the archaeological zone of Knidos is particularly lovely, lying as it does at the lip of the promontory that stretches out to the west of Marmaris and theoretically separates the waters of the Mediterranean from those of the Aegean.
		Knidos held an important position among the cities of the west coast of Asia Minor; it belonged to the Dorian Hexapolis and developed an intense trade and prosperous activities connected with the exportation of its excellent wines.
		The inhabitants of the city erected their treasury in Delphi in the second half of the 6th century BC, while the wall frescoes in the Pecile of Knidos in Athens were admired for the fine painting by Polygnotos (mid-5th cent.
	www.atamanhotel.com /knidos.html (322 words)

	Knidos Turkey Photo Gallery by Dick Osseman at pbase.com
		A visit to Knidos, also Cnidus turned out to be the main reason for a stay at Datca.
		Datça’nın iki resmini gösteriyorum, geri kalanların tümü Knidos.
		Great to see your pics of Knidos, was there a few years ago and came up on them while searching for something else.......brough back great memories of the place.
	www.pbase.com /dosseman/knidos (421 words)

	Knidos - Marmaris Turkey (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		According to the historian Strabon, the military port was large enough to hold 20 warships and its entrance used to be closed off with chains when necessary; whereas the second port to the south, the commercial port, used to have a windbreaker extending out from both sides.
		Knidos used to be surrounded with 15-kilometer (9-mile) city walls and had three entrance gates; two on the northern and one on the eastern wall.
		Knidos is one of the towns that utilized marble the most.
	www.marmaris.org /marmaris_turkey/Knidos_.shtml (341 words)

	TURKEY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The remains of the amphitheater at Knidos overlooking the leeward harbor.
		Knidos is out at the end of the Datça peninsula and is about as remote as you can get.
		Knidos dates back to about 400 BC and was a very strategic seaport in ancient times.
	www.sonic.net /~galen/Places/Turkey/Turkey008.htm (159 words)

	Gebekum - Knidos (english)
		Contact between Knidos (“The name itself is of indiginous origin and refers to an Anatolian native” B.-Ö.) and the culture of Mykonos, which had spread as far as Syria in the 14th and 13th centuries BC, is attested to by finds of Minoian pottery fragments and text.
		Then in the 6th and 5th centuries the wealthy people of Knidos donated a famous shrine to Delphi through the export of olive oil and wine, this was the first marble building on the Greek mainland, including a hall of pillars furnished with paintings by the painter Polynot, a real treasure house.
		The statue of fertility goddess Demeter was taken from its temple and brought to the British Museum in London as well as the statue of the Demeter priestess Nikokleia and an enormous Lion sculpture, which originally adorned a monument in the Nekropole (cemetery city) outside the city walls.
	www.gebekum.de /e/gd_e_009.htm (910 words)

	The Knidos Labyrinth
		Only a few years ago a labyrinth inscription was found on a block of fl marble, which lies on the ground to the West of the Corinthian temple at Knidos in the Southwest of Turkey.
		To make a walkable labyrinth of the type Knidos you can construct it with 5 different centers and the central cross.
		The center of the circular center is moved beside the entrance axis.
	www.mymaze.de /knidos_e.htm (240 words)

	Praxiteles Afhrodite of Knidos, Satyr, Apollo
		This is one of the best bad copies that we have of the original masterpiece made by Praxiteles for the city of Knidos, in 364 BC.
		According to Pliny the Aphrodite of Knidos was the finest statue ever appeared in the world.
		This is a copy, of one of the best works of Praxiteles, which we are not certain that represents his original work.
	www.sikyon.com /Athens/Classic/praxitel1_eg.html (120 words)

	Turquoise and seaweed green seas: DATCA
		The people of Knidos disliked Aries, god of war, much preferring Apollo, god of the sun, and Aphrodite Euploia, who was regarded as their particular protector because she had sprung from sea foam, and they themselves were a seafaring people who had come over the sea.
		In the early years Knidos was ruled by tyrants, then from the 6th century onwards by an oligarchy, and from 330 BC by a democracy.
		Reaching Knidos by land along the rugged peninsular is difficult at present, since roadworks are underway, but going by boat from Datca or Bodrum is both easier than taking the winding mountain road and a more appropriate way of approaching this ancient port city which depended for its existence on the sea.
	www.talkaboutculture.com /group/alt.culture.turkish.travel/messages/5769.html (950 words)

	Datca Things To Do - Travel Guides - VirtualTourist.com
		Some of the famous persons who lived and worked in Knidos are the famous mathematician and philosopher Eudoxos, the sculptor Praxiteles, Skopas and Bryaxis and the architect Sostrates, the designer of one of the seven wonders of the ancient world, the Lighthouse of Alexandria.
		Knidos was arranged in terraces on the hill slope, that the top of the hill is offering a wonderful view of the two harbors but also of the surrounding islands.
		Knidos was famous in the 4 century BC as a center of art and culture.
	www.virtualtourist.com /travel/Middle_East/Turkey/Mugla_Ili/Datca-1846105/Things_To_Do-Datca-BR-1.html (844 words)

	Hotels in Turkey \| Hotels in Istanbul \| Blue Voyage Yachting and Cabin Charters \| Datça Peninsula and Gulf of ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The ancient city of Knidos is situated at the extreme end of the Datça Peninsula.
		Knidos was renowned as the city of the goddess of love.
		Knidos can be reached by road from Marmaris by way of Datça.
	www.exploreturkey.com /exptur.phtml?id=300 (2002 words)

	Mavi Yolculuk
		Ege'nin en eski yerleşimlerinden biri olan yarımadası doğal güzelliklerine ek olarak, hemen yakınındaki Knidos antik kentiyle tarih meraklılarına da hitap ediyor.
		Knidos Halikarnassos’un Dor Hexapolis’den (Altı kent) çıkarılışından sonra karada kalan tek kent.
		Heredotos’a göre Knidos Sparta’dan gelen kolonistler tarafından kurulmuş.
	www.turizmdebusabah.com /maviyolculuk/index.asp?aID=338¤tID=206 (621 words)

	The Blue Voyage Sailing Cruises - Knidos Turkey - Recommended by Frommers Travel Guide!
		The most important site in Knidos is the Altar at which stood the first ever statue of a naked woman - Aphrodite.
		She is not there now (she was absconded to the the British Museum), but you can see the place where she stood in all her glory gazing over the harbor and welcoming visitors to Knidos.
		Knidos is fairly unprotected by trees — so it does get very hot in the summer months.
	www.thebluevoyage.com /Sights/knidos.html (441 words)

	Datça
		There is more to discover in the coves of the forests and mountains in the shape of lovely little villages, mountains stretching over a distance of 70 km, lush vegetation and windmills...
		The antique city of Knidos on the tip of the peninsula was founded in the 4th century BC.
		It averted the assault of the Persians and faced the armies of Alexander the Great before it was occupied by the Roman Empire to be incorporated into its Eastern provinces.
	www.wan-press.org /article3059.html (229 words)

	Knidos
		Knidos ligt op het uiterste westelijke puntje van het schiereiland.
		Knidos was in de 4e eeuw voor Christus het centrum voor de cultuur en kunst.
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	www.turkijevakantieland.nl /knidos.htm (174 words)

	Amazon.ca: The Aphrodite of Knidos and Her Successors Aphrodite of Knidos and Her Successors: A Historical Review of ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The Aphrodite of Knidos, by master sculptor Praxiteles, is the leading example of this form.
		The author analyzes the meaning of the pose of the Aphrodite of Knidos, the significance of her nudity, and her architectural setting.
		The author also considers the function and religious significance of the small statues, and she includes the cultural context offered by the erotic poetry of Propertius and Ovid, two Roman poets who were fascinated by the robing and disrobing of their mistresses.
	www.amazon.ca /Aphrodite-Knidos-Her-Successors-Historical/dp/047210585X (516 words)

	TURKISH TRAVEL NETWORK
		Ulaşımı: Karadan Marmaris yoluna girip, soldaki Knidos sapağından girdiğinizde 35 km sonra Knidos'a ulaşıyorsunuz.
		Karadan, kendi aracınızla Knidos’a gidecekseniz eğer, Datça’dan Marmaris yönüne doğru çıkacaksınız, Knidos sapağından sola dönüp 33 Km.
		Knidos antik çağda en çok Çıplak Aphrodite heykeli ile ünlenmiş.
	www.turktravelnet.com /guide.php?lang=tr&mod=view_guide&guide_id=79 (834 words)

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