 The ruins are close to the present-day village of Günlüce (earlier known as Datbey or Tapaı; in the Ottoman vilayet of Smyrna), 4 kilometres northwest of the town of Ödemiş.Its position looking towards the plain of Caystrus, was a strategic one on the route between Sardis and Ephesus.In 88 BC, Hypaepa rebelled against Mithridates VI of Pontus and was severely punished.