For the town in northern Caria, see Bargasa (northern Caria).

Bargasa (Ancient Greek: Βάργασα) or Pargasa (Πάργασα) was a city of Ancient Caria.[1] It was a polis (city-state) and a member of the Delian League.[2] There are also coins of Bargasa with the epigraph Βαργασηνῶν. It is mentioned by Strabo, who, after speaking of Cnidus, says, "then Ceramus and Bargasa, small places above the sea."[3]

Its site is located near Gökbel in Milas district, Asiatic Turkey.[4][5]

It was said to have been named after Bargasus, son of Heracles.

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  2. ^ Mogens Herman Hansen & Thomas Heine Nielsen (2004). "Karia". An inventory of archaic and classical poleis. New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 1112–1113. ISBN 0-19-814099-1.
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