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Lagina 

There is another ancient city nearby that was as important as Stratonikea. This is Lagina. To reach this ancient site one must travel on the Turgut road that starts from three kilometres down the Yatağan-Milas road. The goddess of moonlight and travel diversions ‘Hekate’ had her temple in sacred Lagina. As a result of excavations a section of the circular propylon courtyard was unearthed. The temple was attacked and pillaged by the Parthians in 40BC.                 
On the remaining gate there is an inscription, which mentions Augustus having restored it in 27 BC. The temple was built according to Hellenistic fashion of the time in the Corinthian style, though interpreted in a modernist manner by the founders of Stratonikea, the Seleucids, who especially used it in the building of this temple. The father of Turkish museums, Osman Hamdi Bey, carried out excavations at Lagina between 1891-1893. The inscriptions found were taken to the Istanbul Museums of Archaeology. Today excavations are being carried out under the direction of Professor Dr Ahmet A. Tırpan. During recent excavations the architectural portions of the temple were put in an orderly fashion, the propylon was dug up and totally unearthed and a so far undefined sacred structure was discovered.