The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites
Richard Stillwell, William L. MacDonald, Marian Holland McAllister, Stillwell, Richard, MacDonald, William L., McAlister, Marian Holland, Ed.

PASANDA or Pasada, Turkey.

Town in Caria, known as a neighbor of Kaunos from the Athenian tribute lists (tribute half a talent) and from the Stadiasmus; the latter places it 30 stades from Kaunos. It seems also to be mentioned by Diodoros (14.79: Sasanda) and by Stephanos Byzantios s.v. Passa. In the Hellenistic period, at least for a while, it had the status of a deme or Kaunos. At no time did it strike coins. A small site recently discovered a little S of the Solungur Gölü, at about the required distance from Kaunos, is likely to be that of Pasanda.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

ATL I (1939) 532; G. E. Bean, JHS 63 (1953) 21-22.

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