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Reputedly, in the winter of the year 333–334 (B.C.) the city surrendered voluntarily to Alexander the Great who seized it by Asia campaign. According to another legend, Alexander the Great arrives to Fethiye Port with his naval forces, with the mission of conquering Anatolia. Their commander Nekros asks for a permission from Antipatrides, the governer of the city, to let his musicians and slaves, in to the city. After permission was granted, during the dinner party, the warriors captured the Akropolis with the weapons that were hidden in the flute boxes.
In 240(B.C.), the city is submitted to Lysimachos’s son, by Ptolomy the 3rd. According to the agreement which was signed in 189(B.C.) after the Magnasia War, Romans left the city to Eumenos, the king of Bergama. After the downfall of Bergama Kingdom, Telmessos joins the Lycia Federation in 133 (B.C.) and it was one of the most important cities in the group. In the 8th century the city was called Anastasios II. The city was captured by Menteþoðullarý in 1284, and was adhered to Ottoman territories as the city adopts the name of Meðri which means ‘far away city’. In 1934, it was given the name of Fethiye to the honour of martyr pilot Fethi Bey. Amintas rock tomb, which is one of the most magnificent samples of Lycia
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civilization with grandeur of the mountains that shelter in its slopes and doubles its magnificence, lies down for years with nobility and it seems as if it wants to guide you voluntarily in your journey. This tomb was built in Ion temple form, it has two attached columns and four steps lie down towards these columns. In the middle of the far left column the scripture of ‘Amynthas : The son of Hermapias’ was scraped in the 4th century(B.C).
Three rock benches go along three walls of the room with straight ceiling. A door with joints carved out of rock like iron nails in its four corners, opens to this room. Although, two of the several the rock tombs on the left side of the hill, look like Amintas, they are infact much smaller than Amintas in scale. Many tombs, some Sarcophaguses tombs and rocks that were broken off these tombs can be found in and around the city.
One of the most beautiful samples of these Sarcophaguses, takes place in the east of the cit hall. Gothic cover that has arches on both sides is adorned with war scenes and it has embossments with two columns, square shaped in front, that look like wooden tendons.
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