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Fig. 25: Manavgat (Melas) River and Waterfall.
to Side. So much is the case that while almost everyone knows of
the temple of the god Apollo in Side, does everyone know the sto-
ry of the beautiful Anatolian goddess Side, who gave this beautiful
city its name?
Side was the only beautiful daughter of Tauros, the mountain
god of Anatolia, which we call the Taurus. She was born on the
peninsula near the Melas (Manavgat) stream. They named this
beautiful city where she was born after her. Her people spoke in
her language. One of the most ancient languages spoken on the
coastline of Anatolian was the language of Side. So much so that
Side did not give her name to only one city and one language.
One day, such an incident happened to the beautiful girl that Side
gave its name to a tree and took its name from that tree after that
day. From a pomegranate tree…

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