Alabanda
Location
Coordinates	37°35′30″N 27°59′08″E / 37.59167°N 27.98556°E / 37.59167; 27.98556Coordinates: 37°35′30″N 27°59′08″E / 37.59167°N 27.98556°E / 37.59167; 27.98556
Period	Ancient Greece and Rome
Country	Turkey
Region	Caria, Anatolia
Elevation	1,000 m (3,300 ft)

Alabanda (Αλαβάνδα) or Antiochia of the Chrysaorians was an ancient city of Caria, Anatolia, the site of which is near Doğanyurt, Çine, Aydin Province, Turkey.

The city is located in the saddle between two heights. The area is noted for its dark marble and for gemstones that resembled garnets. Stephanus of Byzantium claims that there were two cities named Alabanda (Alabandeus) in Caria, but no other ancient source corroborates this.

According to legend, the city was founded by a Carian hero Alabandus. In the Carian language, the name is a combination of the words for horse ala and victory banda. In the early Seleucid period, the city was part of the Chrysaorian League, a loose federation of nearby cities linked by economic and defensive ties and, perhaps, by ethnic ties. The city was renamed Antiochia of the Chrysaorians in honor of Seleucid king Antiochus III who preserved the city's peace. It was captured by Philip V of Macedon in 201 BC. The name reverted to Alabanda after the Seleucid defeat at the Battle of Magnesia in 190 BC. The Romans occupied the city shortly thereafter.

Ancient Greek theatre

In 40 BC, the rebel Quintus Labienus at the head of a Parthian army took the city. After Labienus's garrison was slaughtered by the city's inhabitants, the Parthian army stripped the city of its treasures. Under the Roman Empire, the city became a conventus (Pliny, V, xxix, 105) and Strabo reports on its reputation for high-living and decadence. The city minted its own coins down to the mid-third century. During the Byzantine Empire, the city was a created a bishopric.

Famous residents included the orators Menecles and Hierocles, who were brothers.

The ruins of Alabanda are a eight km west of Çine and consist of the remains of a theatre and a number of other buildings, but excavations have yielded very few inscriptions.

Ecclesiastical history[link]

A list of its bishops is known from 451 to 879. Alabanda remains a titular see of the Roman Catholic Church, Alabandensis.^[1] The seat has been vacant since 1968. [1]

Notes[link]

1. ^ The Catholic Encyclopedia, 1907, s.v.

Bibliography[link]

• Turkey: The Aegean and Mediterranean Coasts, Blue Guides ISBN 978-0-393-30489-3, pp. 349–50.
• J. Ma, Antiochos III and the Cities of Western Asia Minor, ISBN 978-0-19-815219-4, p. 175

External links[link]

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• Hazlitt's Classical Gazetteer
• Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854) at Perseus Project

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Eddie Meduza (real name Errol Leonard Norstedt) (June 17, 1948–January 17, 2002) was a Swedish composer and musician working mainly in the rockabilly genre. Many of his songs were about alcohol, women, and cars, quite often with obscene lyrics. Sometimes they were also politically oriented, many aimed against the Swedish Social Democrats. He was also a popular performer of Raggare music. Norstedt's other identity was the far more vulgar E. Hitler.^[1] In this guise he generally recorded more sexually explicit material.

He is remembered now mostly for his more explicit work, but many of his songs are very ironic and some contain clever, albeit unpolished, social commentary, and earn his music something of a cult following. Norstedt also recorded serious rockabilly songs with a distinct 1950s flavour in his own studio, called Studio Ronka^[2] (ronka or runka is Swedish slang for masturbation, similar to wanking in English.). He played most of the instruments himself. He often got bad reviews from the press, notably Expressen journalist Mats Olsson, to which Norstedt replied by writing even more offensive songs, such as Kuken står på Mats Olsson (The cock stands on Mats Olsson), Mats Olsson är en jävla bög (Mats Olsson is a damn fag) and Mats Olsson runkar kuken (Mats Olsson is wanking his cock). He reportedly said that no matter what he did it was never good enough for the critics.^[3]

Despite this he was considered an accomplished musician and songwriter, in particular by Swedish record company executive Bert Karlsson who, with mixed results, tried to foster that talent in Norstedt. He never had a major breakthrough and this is commonly attributed to his increasingly obscene songwriting. According to himself, he developed alcoholism in the late 1970s during periods of intensive touring. After collapsing on his way to a show he changed his lifestyle completely.^[4] He sobered up and started working out. However, despite his efforts the years of alcohol abuse eventually took their toll and he died in his home. He is survived by his wife and children.

Discography[link]

Albums[link]

• 1975 - Errol
• 1979 - Eddie Meduza & The Roaring Cadillacs
• 1980 - Garagetaper
• 1981 - Gasen I Botten
• 1982 - För Jaevle Braa!
• 1982 - 21 Värsta !!!
• 1983 - Dåren E Lös
• 1984 - West A Fool Away
• 1985 - Ain't Got No Cadillac
• 1986 - Collection (2 LP)
• 1989 - Dom Dåraktigaste Dumheterna Digitalt (Röven 1)
• 1989 - Dom Dåraktigaste Dumheterna Digitalt (Röven 2)
• 1990 - På begäran
• 1990 - You Ain't My Friend
• 1991 - Collection (CD)
• 1995 - Harley Davidson
• 1997 - Silver Wheels
• 1998 - Värsting Hits
• 1999 - Väg 13
• 1999 - Dance Mix
• 1999 - Alla Tiders Fyllekalas Vol. 1
• 1999 - Alla Tiders Fyllekalas Vol. 2
• 1999 - Alla Tiders Fyllekalas Vol. 3
• 2000 - Alla Tiders Fyllekalas Vol. 4
• 2000 - Alla Tiders Fyllekalas Vol. 5
• 2000 - Alla Tiders Fyllekalas Vol. 6
• 2001 - Scoop
• 2001 - Alla Tiders Fyllekalas Vol. 7
• 2001 - Alla Tiders Fyllekalas Vol. 8
• 2001 - Alla Tiders Fyllekalas Vol. 9
• 2002 - Just Like An Eagle
• 2002 - Alla Tiders Fyllekalas Vol. 10
• 2002 - Alla Tiders Fyllekalas Vol. 11
• 2002 - Alla Tiders Fyllekalas Vol. 12
• 2003 - Live(s)! CD+DVD
• 2003 - 100% Eddie Meduza
• 2003 - Live(s)! CD
• 2004 - Rock'n Rebel
• 2005 - Alla Tiders Fyllekalas Vol. 13
• 2005 - Alla Tiders Fyllekalas Vol. 14
• 2005 - Alla Tiders Fyllekalas Vol. 15
• 2005 - Alla Tiders Fyllekalas Vol. 16
• 2005 - Raggare
• 2006 - Dragspelsrock
• 2006 - Dubbelidioterna

Singles[link]

• 1975 - Tretton År / Här Hemma
• 1978 - Punkjävlar / Oh What A Cadillac
• 1979 - Yea Yea Yea / Honey B
• 1979 - Såssialdemokraterna / Norwegian Boogie / Roll Over Beethoven
• 1981 - Volvo / 34:an
• 1981 - Gasen I Botten / Mera Brännvin
• 1982 - Han Eller Jag, Vem Ska Du Ha / Tonight
• 1982 - Jätteparty I Kväll / Tonight
• 1982 - Jätteparty I Kväll / Han Eller Jag, Vem Ska Du Ha
• 1982 - Sverige / Stupid Cupid
• 1983 - Fruntimmer Ska En Ha...
• 1983 - Fruntimmer Ska En Ha... / Han Eller Jag, Vem Ska Du Ha?
• 1983 - Jag Vill Ha En Brud Med Stora Bröst / Leader Of The Rockers
• 1983 - Jag Vill Ha En Brud Med Stora Pattar / Leader Of The Rockers
• 1984 - Sveriges Kompani (Militärpolka) / Dunder Å Snus
• 1984 - Punkar'n Å Raggar'n / Hej På Dig Evert
• 1984 - Fisdisco / California Sun
• 1985 - The Wanderer / It's All Over Now
• 1988 - Småländsk Sommarnatt / Birds And Bees
• 1990 - Sweet Linda Boogie / Heart Don't Be A Fool

See also[link]

List of Swedes in music

External links[link]

• Official Web page (Swedish)
• John-Johns fan-site (Swedish)

References[link]