Annaea or Annaia ( grc, Ἄνναια) or Anaea or Anaia (Ἀναία), was a town of

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. Stephanus of Byzantium placed it in Caria, opposite

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also puts it on the mainland across from Samos and says it was fortified by the people of that island after being displaced by Androklos of

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. After ten years of mustering forces at Anaia, they were able to launch a force back across and reclaim Samos.

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says that it was named after Anaea, an

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who was buried there. If Anaea was opposite Samos, it was in Ionia (or, well into Roman times, Lydia), which did not extend south of the Maeander River.

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suggests it was on or near the coast, and in or near the valley of the Maeander, and that it was a naval station, close enough Samos to annoy the Samians. Some Samian exiles lived there during the Peloponnesian War. It later became a bishopric, now a

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(see

Anaea (Asia) Anaea (or Anæa) ( grc, Ἄναια) is an ancient city, former bishopric and present Latin Catholic titular see in Asia Minor. It gave its name to its modern location, Anya (Kadıkalesi) in the coastal village of Soğucak situated to the sout ...

). Its site is located near

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, Asiatic Turkey.

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