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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cmezner, post: 25378474, member: 87809&quot;]The name of the Island Ortygia originates from the Ancient Greek órtyx (ὄρτυξ), which means &quot;quail&quot;. The shape of the island certainly resembles a quail (<a href="https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Ortygia" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Ortygia" rel="nofollow">https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Ortygia</a>). </p><p>Ortygia, according to Strabo, was an old name of Delos, the place were Apollo and Artemis were born after being conceived in Didyma a few kilometers from Miletos. Ortygia was considered the island of Artemis the goddess of quails, giving a connection to Miletos; don&#039;t know if there is a connection for Mylasa apart that it was the capital city of the Hekatomnids.</p><p>The silver and bronze issues are strongly related; the bronze issue was introduced in Asia Minor ca. 400 BC; the tetartemorioi can also be dated to 420 – 390 BC, which is the date given by Konuk. Wouldn&#039;t it be possible that the bronze issues had been introduced after the silver issues (the ratio Silver/Bronze was 1:100 according to Konuk) to use bronze coinage for paying the troops in a time when Persian succession wars were fought in Asia Minor?</p><p><br /></p><p>Without new research, it seems that the question about Miletos or Mylasa is still open.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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