Marathesium
Μαρθήσιον
Marathesium (Μαρθήσιον: Eth. Μαραθήσιος an Ionian town on the coast of Lydia, south of Ephesus, and not far from the frontiers of Caria, whence Stephanus (s. v.) calls it a town of Caria. (Scylax, p. 37; Plin. Nat. 5.31.) The town at one time belonged to the Samians; but they made an exchange, and, giving it up to the Ephesians, received Neapolis in return. (Strab. xiv. p.639.) Col. Leake (Asia Minor, p. 261) believes that a few ancient ruins found at a place called Skalcanova mark the site of Marathesium, though others regard them as remains of Pygela. [L.S]
From William Smith (ed.), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. Text provided under a CC BY-SA license by Perseus Digital Library, http://www.perseus.tufts.edu, with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities and Tufts University. Data accessed from https://github.com/PerseusDL/canonical-pdlrefwk/ on 17 October 2026.