448 PLINTHS NATURAL HISTOET. [Book V. 



are the rivers Saros^ and Cydnus^, tlie latter of which, at 

 some distance from the sea, runs through the free city of 

 Tarsus, the region of Celenderitis with a town^ of similar 

 name, the place where Nymphaeum"* stood, Soli of.Cilicia^, 

 now called Pompeiopolis, Adana^, Cibyra^, Pinare^, Pedalie', 

 Ale, Selinus*", Arsinoe", lotape^^, Doron, and, near the sea, 



* The modem Syhou, according to Ansart. 



* Now called the Tersoos Chai. It is remarkable for the coldness of 

 its waters, and it was here that Alexander the Q-reat nearly met with his 

 death from bathing when heated, in the stream. 



3 Now Chelendreh. It was a strong place on the coast, situate on a 

 high rock nearly surrounded by the sea. None of its ruins seem older 

 than the early period of the Roman empire. The Turks call it Gulnare. 



* Probably so called from a temple to the Sea Nymphs there. 



* To distinguish it from Sol® or Soh of Cyprus. It was situate be- 

 tween the rivers Cydnus and Lam us, and was said to have been colonized 

 by Argivcs and Lydians from Rhodes. Alexander mulcted its inha- 

 bitants of 200 talents, for their adhesion to the Persians. It was cele- 

 brated as the birth-place of the Stoic philosopher Chrysippus, the comic 

 poet Philemon, and the poet and astronomer Aratus. Its name is per- 

 petuated in the word Solecism, which is said to have been first appUed to 

 the corrupt dialect of Greek spoken by the inhabitants of this city, or as 

 some say, of SoU in Cyprus. 



^ It still retains its ancient name, and is situate on the western side of 

 the Sarus, now the Syhoun or Syhan. Pompey settled here some of the 

 Cihcian pirates whom he had conquered. 



7 Leake, in his ' Asia Minor,' p. 196, says, " The vestiges of Cibyra are 

 probably those observed by Captain Beaufort upon a height which rises 

 from the right bank of a considerable river about eight miles to the 

 eastward of the Melas, about four miles to the west of Cape Karabumu, 

 and nearly two miles from the shore." Ptolemy mentions Cibyra as an 

 inland town of Cihcia Trachea, but Scylax places it on the coast. 



8 Its ruins are still called Pinara or Minara. It was an inland city of 

 Lycia, some distance west of the river Xanthus, and at the foot of 

 Moimt Cragus. 



" Or perhaps ' PodaUe.' Of it nothing seems to be known. 



^^ Or SeUnuntum, now Selenti, on the coast of Cihcia. In consequence 

 of the death here of the Emperor Trajan, it received the name of Trajano- 

 pohs. Of Ale, if that is the correct reading, nothing whatever is known. 



^^ On the coast of Cihcia ; mentioned by Strabo as having a port, 

 Leake places it at or near the ruined castle called Sokhta Kalesi, below 

 which is a port, and a peninsula on the east side of the harbour covered 

 ■with ruins. 



12 In the district of Selenitis. It has been identified with the site of the 

 modern fortress of Lambardo. It is also suggested that it may have 

 been the same place as Laerte, the native city of Diogenes Laertius. 

 Of Doron nothing seems to be known. 



