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The EVIDENCE of ARCHAEOLOGY In central Turkey, north and east of the Halys on the northern edge of the Cappadocian plain a huge and grandiose city was constructed on the Kerkenes Dag in the early sixth century B.C |
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| This city has been identified with the city of Pteria, to use the name given by Herodotus (Przeworski 1929, Summers 1997). Pteria is also referred to by Stephanos of Byzantium who knew it to have been "a city of the Medes". The source of Stephanos’ information is unknown, although he does not seem to have relied solely on Herodotus (Summers 1997). | |||
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Pteria on the Kerkenes Dag was conceivably founded by the Medes as the base from which they campaigned against Lydia and from which they administered their western lands, it was also a city that was set ablaze by Croesus in the autumn before the fall of Sardis. |
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