Alinda Ancient City Theatre Stock Photo

Today, olive trees are in the audience seat instead of people in the Alinda Theater. In the antiquity, Queen Ada of Ancient Caria was exiled to Alinda so made a treaty with Alexander. She would give him Alinda in case of occupy Halicarnassus, also wanted him to be her son. He took Halicarnassus and declared her queen. She became symbolically Mother of AlexanderTheGreat to express mutual respect.