94 CANDYBA. 



three of which only bore inscriptions, viz., two 

 Lycian, and one Greek. The latter, although 

 evidently the most recent, was the least legible, 

 owing to the imperfect state of the part of the 

 rock in which it was cut. We found it on a 

 detached rock on the west side of the acropolis 

 near a cottage at its base. It proved one of 

 great importance, from its containing the name 

 of the city, which occurred twice ; but it was 

 with great difficulty that Mr. Daniell was en- 

 abled to decipher it, and make out the almost 

 obliterated characters. From this inscription we 

 learnt the name of the ruins to be Candyba, 

 a city mentioned by Pliny, Ptolemy, and 

 other ancient writers. Near Candyba was the 

 forest of (Enium, which probably may be recog- 

 nised in the extensive pine forest that now covers 

 the mountain above the city. The modern name 

 is but a slight corruption of the ancient. Can- 

 dyba, according to the modern pronunciation of 

 the beta, would be Candyva, with every Greek 

 who read it, the beta being changed to v in 

 most ancient names where the b occurs, as also 

 in the modern Greek language. It is surprising 

 thus to find the names of the Lycian cities so 

 well preserved where the descendants of its an- 



