Cadrema

Cadrema

Cadrema

Town of ancient Lycia

For the genus of flies, see Cadrema (genus).

Cadrema or Kadrema (Ancient Greek: Κάδρεμα) was a town of ancient Lycia, a colony of Olbia.[1][2][3] The name is supposed to derive from “the parching of corn” (Κάδρεμα).[4]

Its site is located near Gedelma, Asiatic Turkey,[5] and 1.8 kilometres (1.1 mi) from the site of Lycae.[6]

References

  1. [1]
    Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. Vol. s.v.
  2. [2]
    Manuel de Valbuena (1817). Diccionario universal latino-español (in Spanish).
  3. [3]
    Nuovo dizionario geografico universale, statistico, storico, commerciale (in Italian). Vol. 2. Venice. 1827. p. 952.
  4. [4]
    Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854), Cadrema
  5. [5]
    "Kemer Belediyesi".
  6. [6]
    Çevik, Nevzat (2008). "Northeast Lycia. The New Evidence - The Results from the past ten years from the Bey Mountains Surface Surveys". Adalya. 11: 207.

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