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CHRISTOPHER BARON

University of Notre Dame

In connection with a story concerning CNIDUS and the first Persian CONQUEST of the Greeks of Asia Minor, Herodotus states (1.174.2) that Cnidian territory “begins from the Bybassian peninsula” (chersonēsos). The Greek here poses difficulties and may be corrupt, and there remains debate over the exact location of the city of Cnidus in the fifth century BCE which affects the interpretation of Herodotus’ language. But most likely, the Bybassian peninsula was the land which stretches south toward RHODES (BA 61 G4; Müller II, 246–51), referred to in most of our ancient sources simply as “Chersonese” (Bean and Cook 1952, 202; Bresson 1999, 104–14), sometimes with the added epithet “Carian” or, later, “Rhodian.” The cities of the area appear on the Athenian Tribute Lists under Chersonnēsioi (IG I³ 265.I.18).

SEE ALSO: Caria; Chersonese (Hellespontine); Delian League