Myus or Myous ( grc, Μυούς) was a town on the coast of

ancient Cilicia Cilicia (); el, Κιλικία, ''Kilikía''; Middle Persian: ''klkyʾy'' (''Klikiyā''); Parthian: ''kylkyʾ'' (''Kilikiyā''); tr, Kilikya). is a geographical region in southern Anatolia in Turkey, extending inland from the northeastern coas ...

, between

Nagidus Nagidos ( grc, Νάγιδος; la, Nagidus) was an ancient city of Cilicia. In ancient times it was located between Anemurion to the west and Arsinoe to the east. Today its ruins are found on the hill named ''Paşabeleni'' at the mouth of the ...

and Celenderis. William Smith conjectured it to be the same place as the Myanda or Mysanda mentioned by Pliny the Elder; and if so, also identical with the town of

Mandane : Mandana of Media (Old Iranian: ''Mandanā'') was a Shahbanu of Media and, later, the Queen consort of Cambyses I of Anshan and mother of Cyrus the Great, ruler of Persia's Achaemenid Empire. Etymology The name ''Mandane'' is a Latinized form ...

(Μανδάνη) mentioned in '' Stadiasmus Maris Magni'' as between Celenderis and Cape Pisidium or Posidium (modern Kızıl Burun), from which it was only 7 stadia distant. Modern scholarship tentatively accepts the identity with Myanda/Mysanda but rejects that of Mandane. Myus is tentatively located near

Yenikaş Yenikaş is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Aydıncık, Mersin Province, Turkey. Its population is 1,016 (2022). It is a coastal village on state highway D.400. Distance to Aydıncık is and to Mersin is . According to Si ...

in Asiatic Turkey.

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