Mopsos Mitosu ve Anadolu’daki Arkeolojik Buluntular ///Myth of Mopsos and Archaeological Findings in Anatolia

Mopsos, who was described as a seer as well as a colonist in the Hellenic oral tradition, took a path from Colophon and reached to the city of Ashkelon in southern Palestine. There is a remarkable consistency between Mopsos’ migration routes and post-palatial migrations at the end of the Bronze Age. Especially, on the same route, LH IIIC pottery and post-palatial materials were observed. However, there is important archaeological evidence historicizing to Mopsos in Cilicia. Considering the similarities of the archeological findings uncovered in settlements primarily in Panaztepe, Liman Tepe, Bademgedi i Tepe in Western Anatolia, and the ones uncovered in the settlements in the Palestinian coasts, this article connects the missing pieces of Mopsos’ myth.