Lagina

Lagina
History
Λάγινα (in Ancient Greek)

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Location	Kapraklar, Muğla Province, Turkey
Region	Caria
Coordinates	37°22′42″N 28°02′21″E / 37.378333°N 28.039167°E / 37.378333; 28.039167
Periods	Hellenistic, Roman
Satellite of	Stratonicea (Caria)

Lagina (Ancient Greek: τὰ Λάγινα) or Laginia (Λαγινία)^[1] was a town and religious centre in ancient Caria. It contained an important monumental temple of Hecate, at which great festivals were celebrated every year.^[2] For most of antiquity, it was a part of the territory of Stratonicea.

Its site is located near Turgut, Anatolia, in southwestern Turkey.^[3]^[4]

^ Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. Vol. s.v.
^ Strabo. Geographica. Vol. xiv. p.660. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
^ Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 61, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.
^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.

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