Chrysaoris () was a town of ancient Caria, perhaps afterwards called Idrias (Ἰδριάς).Stephanus of Byzantium, Ethnica, Ch696.9 According to Apollonius, in his Carica, it was the first city which was founded by the Lycians. According to Marcus Mettius Epaphroditus, all Caria was called Chrysaoris. Herodotus mentions a district in Caria, named Idrias, in which the river Marsyas (Çine Çay) had its source.Herodotus, Histories, 5.118 Later, Antiochus built the city of Stratonicea there.
Its site is tentatively located near Şahinler, Asiatic Turkey.
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