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are, Cariie\ Balanea^, Paltos', and Gabale^ ; then the pro- 

 montory upon which is situate the free town of Laodicea* ; 

 and then Diospolis^ Heraclea^, Charadrus^, and Posidium®. 

 (21.) AVe then come to the Promontory of Syria Antio- 

 chia. In the interior is the free city of Antiochia'" itself, 

 surnamed Epidaphnes", and divided by the river Orontes'^. 



^ Also called Antarados, as lying nearly opposite to the city of Arados. 

 According to Strabo, the port of Antarados was called Came, or Camos. 

 In the time of the Crusades, it was known under the name of Tortosa. 

 Its present name is Tartus. 



' Now Banias. It was situate twenty-four miles north of Antarados. 

 Its name is supposed to have originated in the baths in its vicinity. 

 The site is deserted ; but a few ruins of the ancient town are still to 

 be seen. 



3 Eight miles from Balanea. Its ruins are known by the name of Boldo. 



* Its site is now known as Djebeleh, a small village m the vicinity of 

 Laodicea, or Latakia. The sun was probably worshipped here, and 

 hence the Emperor Heliogabalus derived his name. 



* About fifty miles south of Antioch, now called Ladikiyeh, or Latakia, 

 noted for the excellence of its tobacco, which has an European reputation. 

 It was built by Seleucus I., on the site of an earlier city, called Kamitha. 

 It was afterwards greatly favoured by Juhus Casar. Herod the Great 

 built an aqueduct liere, tlie ruins of which are still in existence. It is 

 now a poor Turkish village ; but there are considerable remains of the 

 ancient city to be seen in its vicinity. 



* It has been suggested, that Phny means the city of Lydda, in the 

 tribe of Benjamin, which of course would be veiy much to the south, 

 and quite out of the order in which he is proceeding. If that is not the 

 place meant, this Diospolis is utterly unknown. 



7 At some miles' distance to the north of Laodicea. Pococke found 

 some traces of its site at a spot called Minta Baurdeleh, or the Bay of 

 the Tower. 



* Phny is in error here most probably, and is sjieaking of a place aa 

 being in Syria which in reahty was inCilicia, between Plat anus andCragus. 

 The name imphes its situation near a mountain torrent. 



9 On a small bay, some miles north of lieraclea. 



^^ Or Antioch, the capital of the Greek kings of Syria, and the most 

 famous of the sixteen cities built by Seleucus Nicator, and called after 

 the name of his father, (or son, a;* some say,) Antioclius. It was built on 

 the Orontes, and formed one of tlie most beautiliil and ])liasant cities of 

 the ancient world. The modern Antakieh is a ])oor town, built on the 

 north-western part of the site of the ancient city, by the river. The 

 walls, built by Justinian, may stUl be traced for a circuit of four mUcs. 

 Here the followers of our Savioiu* first obtained the name of "Christians." 



^' That is, " Near Daphne," there being a celibrated grove of that 

 name, consecrated to Apollo, in its immediate vicinity. 



^2 Now called the Nahr-cl-Asy. 



