(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 Patoreus, three syllables only; but Patareus, (Horace). For the six winter months, Apollo gave answers at Patara; and for the six summer at Delos, (Virgil, Servius): these are the Lyceae Sortes of Virgil. The town was situated in a peninsula, called Liciorum Cheronesus, (Stephanus).

Acts xxii. 1. St Paul in his passage from Philippi to Jerusalem, came to Miletus, hence to Coos, then to Rhodes, and from Rhodes to Patara; where having found a ship that was bound for Phoenicia, he went on board and arrived at Jerusalem, to be at the feast of Pentecost.