The Lycus Valley forms part of the leg from Celaenae to Sardis. Herodotus describes the route as follows: “He passed the city of the Phrygians named Anaua and a lake from which salt is har- vested and arrived at Colossae, a large city in Phrygia where the Lycus River plunges into a chasm and disappears.

Where is the Lycus river Valley?

Lycus or Lykos (Greek: Λύκος; Turkish: Çürüksu) was the name of a river in ancient Phrygia. It is tributary of the Maeander and joins it a few kilometres south of Tripolis. It had its sources in the eastern parts of Mount Cadmus (Strabo xii.

Where is colossae located today?

Colossae (/kəˈlɒsi/; Greek: Κολοσσαί) was an ancient city of Phrygia in Asia Minor, and one of the most celebrated cities of southern Anatolia (modern Turkey).