Editing Xanthos (section)

=== Conquest by Alexander the Great ===
From [[Telmessos]] the army of [[Alexander the Great]] marched over the mountains to Xanthos. There representatives from each of the cities of the Lycian League, including the port of [[Phaselis]], personally offered the Lycians' submission, which was accepted. Alexander was encouraged when he found a sacred spring close to the River Xanthus, and obtained from there an inscribed bronze tablet that predicted that the Greeks would destroy the Persian Empire.{{sfn|Freeman|2011|p=98}}

Reports on the city's surrender to [[Alexander the Great]] differ: [[Arrian]] reports a peaceful surrender, but [[Appian]] claims that the city was sacked.{{sfn|Akşit|2006|p=56}} After Alexander's death, Xanthos was captured by [[Ptolemy I Soter]] from [[Antigonus I Monophthalmus|Antigonos]].{{sfn|Akşit|2006|p=58}}