▁E ret ria ; ▁and ▁it ▁is ▁possible ▁that ▁the ▁cas tr um ▁Gr un ium ▁in ▁Ph ry gia , ▁from ▁which ▁Al ci bi ades ▁derived ▁an ▁income ▁of ▁ 5 0 ▁tal ents ▁was ▁the ▁town ▁of ▁G ry ni um . ▁In ▁ 3 3 4   BC , ▁Par men ion , ▁who ▁was ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁command ers ▁of ▁Alexander ▁the ▁Great , ▁came ▁to ▁the ▁region ▁before ▁Alexander ' s ▁invasion ▁took ▁the ▁town ▁by ▁assault , ▁burn ed ▁it , ▁and ▁sold ▁its ▁inhabitants ▁as ▁slaves , ▁to ▁prevent ▁the ▁resistance ▁of ▁the ▁people ▁around . ▁The ▁city ▁then ▁decl ined . ▁ ▁Its ▁ru ins ▁are ▁near ▁Al ia ğ a ▁in ▁ İ z mir ▁province ▁of ▁Turkey ▁in ▁western ▁An atol ia . ▁It ▁is ▁on ▁the ▁A ege an ▁coast ▁and ▁very ▁close ▁to ▁the ▁modern ▁town ▁of ▁Y eni ▁ Ş ak ran . ▁ ▁The ▁first ▁exc av ations ▁were ▁made ▁by ▁the ▁French ▁in ▁ 1 8 8 3 ▁and ▁last ed ▁several ▁days . ▁With ▁a ▁few ▁pieces ▁of ▁v ase , ▁bronze ▁objects ▁were ▁found . ▁The ▁next ▁exc av ation ▁was ▁carried ▁out ▁by ▁the ▁Berg ama ▁Museum ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 9 . ▁During ▁the ▁expansion ▁of ▁Iz mir - Ç an ak k ale ▁highway , ▁a ▁beautiful ▁m osa ic ▁and ▁ne c ropol is ▁area ▁was ▁found ▁with ▁s arc oph agi . ▁Today ▁there ▁has ▁been ▁no ▁construction ▁in