LRS172631 Reconstruction of the Town of Miletos (w/c on paper) by French School, (20th century); Archives Larousse, Paris, France; (add.info.: reconstitution de la ville de Milet; Miletus (Ancient Greek: ?巹弇庢?怷?, Mil?tos; Latin: Miletus) was an ancient Greek city on the western coast of Anatolia (now Aydin Province, Turkey), near the mouth of the Maeander River in ancient Caria. Before the Persian invasion in the middle of the 6th century BC, Miletus was considered the greatest and wealthiest of Greek cities; c7th BC;); French, out of copyright.