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Theater, frontal view, depicting a relief representing Eros hunting (2C CE) (first erected in the 4C BCE the present theater is the result of Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine addition); Located near the mouth of the Menderes; was one of 12 Ionian cities & one of the greatest cities of ancient Asia Minor; was large trade center with 4 harbors; founded colonies on Black Sea, in Egypt & Italy; noted as a literary center. Source: Thesaurus of Geographic Names (Notes) [website]; http://www.getty.edu/research/conducting_research/vocabularies/tgn/ (accessed 2/14/2008)