Aphrodisias [SEP] named after
Aphrodisias
Aphrodisias (; ) was a small ancient Greek Hellenistic city in the historic Caria cultural region of western Anatolia, Turkey. It is located near the modern village of Geyre, about east/inland from the coast of the Aegean Sea, and southeast of İzmir.
Aphrodisias was named after Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of love, who had here her unique cult image, the "Aphrodite of Aphrodisias". According to the Suda, a Byzantine encyclopedic compilation, before the city became known as Aphrodisias (c.3rd century BCE
in each side. In the Middle Ages the east bay was named "Limni Aphrodisias" and the west bay was named "Limni Etheros" . Modern popular names are "Cleopatra's bay" for the east bay and "Pirates' bay" () for the west bay. Both bays are popular beaches and in fact the cape is named after a site of marine resorts just north of the isthmus. However owing to dominant lodos winds of the Mediterranean coast, the Pirates' bay is not as sheltered as the Cleopatra