page_title: Katakekaumene
hierarchical_section_title: Katakekaumene
caption_attribution_description: English: en: Volcanic rock formations of Yanıkyöre (ancient Katakekaumene) near en:Kula, Manisa, Turkey
context_page_description: Katakekaumene or Catacecaumene was a name for a district in Lydia, and a union of ten cities in the area, during the Hellenistic and Roman periods.
  The name means "burnt land" or "burnt country", referring to the pitch-black color of the lava and the dormant volcanic belt of Kula, which was first described by Strabo. Strabo reported that some place Katakekaumene as the site of the mythological battle between Zeus and the giant Typhon.
context_section_description: Katakekaumene or Catacecaumene (Greek: Κατακεκαυμένη) was a name for a district in Lydia (modern western Turkey), and a union of ten cities in the area, during the Hellenistic and Roman periods.
  The name means "burnt land" or "burnt country", referring to the pitch-black color of the lava and the dormant volcanic belt of Kula, which was first described by Strabo. Strabo (Geographica, 12.8.19) reported that some place Katakekaumene as the site of the mythological battle between Zeus and the giant Typhon.
caption: Kula Yanıkyöre rock formations
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