(Livy, Mela); the capital of Lycia, to the east of the mouth of the river Xanthus; famous for a temple and oracle of Apollo, thence called Patareus, three syllables only; but Pataraeus, (Horace). For the six winter months, Apollo gave answers at Patara; and for the six summer at Delos, (Virgil, Servius): these are the Lyciae Sortes of Virgil. The town was situated in a peninsula, called Lyciorum Cheroneus, (Stephanus).