470 PLrprr's nattjeal histoet. [Book V. 



Near Erytlirge formerly stood the towns of Pteleon, Helos, 

 and Dorion; we now find the river Aleon, Corynaeum, a 

 Promontory of Mount Mimas, Clazomenae^ Parthenie^, and 

 Hippi^, known by the name of Chytrophoria, when it 

 formed a group of islands ; these were united to the con- 

 tinent by the same Alexander, by means of a causeway^ two 

 stadia in length. In the interior, the cities of Daphnus, 

 Hermesia, and Sipylum", formerly called TantaHs, and the 

 capital of Mseonia, where Lake Sale now stands, are now 

 no longer in existence : ArchsBopolis too, which succeeded 

 Sipylum, has perished, and in their turns Colpe and Libade, 

 which succeeded it. 



On returning thence^ towards the coast, at a distance of 

 twelve miles we find Smyrna'', originally foiuided by an 

 Amazon [of that name], and rebuilt by Alexander ; it is re- 

 freshed by the river Meles, which rises not far off". Through 

 this district run what may almost be called the most famous 

 mountains of Asia, Mastusia in the rear of Smyrna, and 

 Termetis^, joining the foot of Olympus. Termetis is joined 



small peninsula, which projects into the bay of Erythrffi. The ruins are 

 considerable. 



1 On the south side of the bay of Smyrna. In Strabo's time this city 

 appears to have been removed from Chytrium, its original site. Chandler 

 found traces of the city near Vourla, from which he came to the conclu- 

 sion that the place was very small and inconsiderable. 



2 According to Nicander, tliis was a mountain of the territory of Cla- 

 zomense, almost surrounded by sea. 



' Or " the Horses," originally four islands close to the mainland, off 

 Clazomenee. 



^ This was probably the same causeway that was observed by Chandler 

 in the neighbourhood of Vourla, the site of ancient Clazomenge. 



* See B. ii. c. 91, where he speaks of this place as being swallowed up 

 in the earth. 



6 From Clazomense. 



7 Now called Izmir by the Turks, Smyrna by the western nations of 

 Europe ; the only one of the great cities on the western coast of Asia 

 Minor that has survived to the present day. This place stood at the 

 head of the cities that claimed to be the birth-place of Homer ; and the 

 poet was worshipped here for a hero or demi-god in a magnificent build- 

 ing called the Homereum. There are but few remains of the ancient 

 city : the modern one is the greatest commercial city of the Levant. 



' Hardouin takes this to be the name of a town, but Ortehus and 

 Pinetus seem to be more corree"- ii? thinking it to be the name of a 

 mountain. 



