and abducted young girls. Anxious to be rid of their unruly neighbors, the people of Phaselis eagerly backed @Alexander the Great@ in his siege on Termessos in the 4th century BC. Alexander later spent a winter in Phaselis.
Phaselis, along with @Olympos,@ was later punished for collaborating with pirates by being ousted from the @Lycian Union.@ The city was later reinstated and given its independence.
