Theangela ( grc, Θεάγγελα) was a town of

ancient Caria Caria (; from Greek: Καρία, ''Karia''; tr, Karya) was a region of western Anatolia extending along the coast from mid- Ionia (Mycale) south to Lycia and east to Phrygia. The Ionian and Dorian Greeks colonized the west of it and joined t ...

. Upon the conquest of Caria by

Alexander the Great Alexander III of Macedon ( grc, Ἀλέξανδρος, Alexandros; 20/21 July 356 BC – 10/11 June 323 BC), commonly known as Alexander the Great, was a king of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon. He succeeded his father Philip II to ...

, he placed it under the jurisdiction of

Halicarnassus Halicarnassus (; grc, Ἁλικαρνᾱσσός ''Halikarnāssós'' or ''Alikarnāssós''; tr, Halikarnas; Carian: 𐊠𐊣𐊫𐊰 𐊴𐊠𐊥𐊵𐊫𐊰 ''alos k̂arnos'') was an ancient Greek city in Caria, in Anatolia. It was located i ...

. It was birthplace of Philippus of Theangela, a 4th-century BCE historian. It was a ''

polis ''Polis'' (, ; grc-gre, πόλις, ), plural ''poleis'' (, , ), literally means "city" in Greek. In Ancient Greece, it originally referred to an administrative and religious city center, as distinct from the rest of the city. Later, it also ...

'' (city-state) and a member of the Delian League. It was in a sympoliteia with

Kildara Kildara ( grc, Κιλδαρα) or Killara (Κιλλαρα) was a town of ancient Caria. It was a ''polis'' (city-state) and was in a sympoliteia with Theangela and Thodosa. Kildara is the find-spot of numerous inscriptions in the Carian language ...

and Thodosa. Its site is located near Etrim, Asiatic Turkey.

References

Populated places in ancient Caria Former populated places in Turkey Greek city-states Members of the Delian League Bodrum District History of Muğla Province {{Muğla-geo-stub