GAMBREION KENT DEVLETİ: MYSIA BÖLGESİNİN İ.Ö.5.YY’DA ÖNE ÇIKAN MERKEZİ
GAMBREION CITY-STATE: THE PROMINENT CENTRE OF MYSIA IN THE 5TH CENTURY BC

Summary/Abstract: Gambreion is one of the city-states in the Mysia region. The city is located in Poyracık town within the borders of Kınık district of Izmir. The first information about the city is obtained from ancient writers in the 5th century BC. These authors clearly state that the city was an important city located at the crossroads of the ancient roads coming from the inland regions and reaching the harbour, and the importance of keeping this under control for the Persians (Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War, 1.138.6; Xenephon Hellenica, 3.1.6). The city, which was highly developed in trade, was a citystate that minted its own coins in the 4th century BC. However, the fact that the city-state was at an advanced level is evident from the statement in the lex sacra that there were temples in the city. Although it is stated by 19th century travellers that Gambreion was located in Poyracık, architectural finds are almost non-existent. One of the aims of the study is to develop suggestions by obtaining findings that this city-state, which has so few material remains, may be in a place other than the town of Poyracık according to the available data. In the light of the findings, it was aimed to determine which goddess had a cult in the city-state. Although the findings show that there may be temples belonging to two goddesses in the city, one of the aims of the study is to develop suggestions that there may be only Artemis or Demeter cult. The aim of the study is also to examine the prevalence of the cults of Demeter and Artemis in other city-states in Mysia and to develop suggestions to determine their importance for the region. In addition, another aim of the study is to develop suggestions on how Gambreion, which was a very important city-state for Mysia in the 5th century BC, may have influenced Pergamon, one of the important kingdoms in the Hellenistic period. As a result of the examination of the limited number of data in the study, it was found that the location of the city state may be around the Işıklar village of Poyracık town. However, it is thought that both Artemis and Demeter cult may have existed in the city state. It is thought that both goddesses had temples and sanctuaries.

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