448 
PLIKX'S NATUBAL HISTORY. 
[Book Y. 
are the rivers Saros^ and Cydnus^, tlie latter of wTiicli, 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 JSTymphseum"^ stood, Soli of.Cilicia^, 
now called Pompeiopolis, Adana^, Cibyra^, Pinare^, Pedalie^, 
Ale, Selinus^^, Arsinoe^\ lotape^^, Doron, and, near the sea, 
^ The modern Syhou, according to Ansart. 
2 Now called the Tersoos Chai. It is remarkable for the coldness of 
its waters, and it was here that Alexander the Great nearly met with his 
death from bathing when heated, in the stream. 
2 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 Grulnare. 
Probably so called from a temple to the Sea Nymphs there. 
5 To distinguish it from Solse or SoU of Cyprus. It was situate be- 
tween the rivers Cydnus and Lamus, and was said to have been colonized 
by Argives and Lydians from Rhodes. AJexander 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 Soli in Cyprus. 
6 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 Karaburnu, 
and nearly two miles from the shore." Ptolemy mentions Cibyra as an 
inland town of CHicia 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 
Mount Cragus. 
^ Or perhaps * Podalie.' Of it nothing seems to be known. 
10 Or SeUnuntum, now Selenti, on the coast of Cilicia. In consequence 
of the death here of the Emperor Trajan, it received the name of Trajano- 
poUs. Of Ale, if that is the correct reading, nothing whatever is known. 
11 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. 
1^ 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. 
