Cnidus

Cnidus, or GNIDOS, the chief of the cities of the Doric league in Asia Minor, stood on the promontory of Triopion (now Cape Krio), in Caria, and, with its two harbours, was long a wealthy and flourishing port. Here, in 394 B.C., a great sea-fight took place between the Athenians under Conon, and the Spartans under Pisander, in which the former were victorious. The city was a principal seat of the worship of Aphrodite, who was therefore sometimes called the Cnidian goddess. One of its many temples contained the famous statue in Parian marble of the naked Aphrodite by Praxiteles. Excavations were made on the site in 1857-58, and many of the marbles then recovered are in the British Museum.