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Pillar Monument, surrounded by Lycian inscriptions, erected by
the Xanthos dynasty Kherei, and the benevolent Opromaos from
Perge, or the mathematical genius Apollonios from Perge. Do
we know that the name of the city of Letoon comes from the
goddess Leto, that the goddess gave birth to her son Apollo in
Lycia, and that there are three temples located side by side in
the name of these three gods in this city?
We can add many more to these examples. In this context,
the aim of this study is to bring together the mythological narra-
tives, heroes, creatures, historically important personalities and
events, poets, athletes and scientists in a narrative language. In
this way, we will be able to better understand the history of the
lands we live in and, thanks to this awareness, we will be able
to better explain some of this multi-layered cultural geography
that is Antalya, to the whole world. As it is known, Greek My-
thology included elements from many different civilizations, their
gods and goddesses or great heroes within their pantheon with
mythological narratives they designed around their chief god,
Zeus, in the context of the policy of Hellenization. As a result of
this situation, different myths have emerged about many gods
that have naturally degenerated. In this context, as in the case
of Apollon and Sarpedon, the myths that were created within the
ancient geography of Antalya were preferred in this study.

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