LOCALISATION SUGGESTIONS FOR THREE CITIES TO THE SOUTH OF THE PROPONTIS

This article discusses localization suggestions for three cities which are situated to the south of the Marmara Sea (ancient Propontis), in Bal？kesir and Bursa provinces (ancient Hellespontine Phrygia) today. Within the scope of the article, historical information and locations of the settlements referred as polis are also compiled. Various localization proposals have been made earlier are also mentioned in this text. In addition, information is given about Placia and Artaio Teichos, which should be located near the towns subject to the article. Lastly, settlements are dated with pottery sherds which were obtained from the surveys and localization theories are developed. It is suggested that Dareion should be localized on Peladarion (an abandoned Greek town) or named ？iftekaya today near Gündo？du village (Bursa/Osmangazi), Miletou Teichos should be localized on a fortified hilltop named Dedebay？r？ near Ak？akoyun village (Bursa/Karacabey) and Skylake should be localized on the ？al？l？burun near Yenice village (Bal？kesir/Band？rma) thanks to the evaluations made within the scope of the article