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those discharged by the river Phyrites \ Prom these streams 
there accumulates a large quantity of slime, which vastly 
increases the soil, and has added to the mainland the island 
of Syrie^, which now lies in the midst of its plains. In this 
city is the fountain of Calippia^ and the temple of Diana, 
which last is surrounded by two streams, each known by the 
name of Selenus, and flowing from opposite directions. 
After leaving Ephesus there is another Mantium, belong- 
ing to the Colophonians, and in the interior Colophon'' itself, 
past which the river Halesus^ flows. After this we come to 
the temple^ of the Clarian Apollo, and Lebedos^ : the city 
of ISTotium^ once stood here. Next comes the Promontory 
of Coryceium^, and then Mount Mimas, which projects 150 
miles into the sea, and as it approaches the mainland sinks 
down into extensive plains. It was at this place that Alex- 
ander the Grreat gave orders for the plain to be cut through, a 
distance of seven miles and a half, for the purpose of joining 
the two gulfs and making an island of ErythrsB^^ and Mimas. 
Smyrna to Ephesus, into which the Phyrites flows, and out of which it 
comes a considerable stream. 
^ The Phyrites is a email river that is crossed on the road from Ephesus 
to Smyrna, and joins the Cayster on the right bank ten or twelve miles 
above Ayazaluk, near the site of Ephesus. 
2 See B. ii. c. 91. for further mention of this island. 
3 Said to be derived from the Grreek, meaning " The beautiful (stream) 
from Pion." 
One of the twelve Ionian cities of Asia, founded by Andrsemon. 
ISTotium was its port. There do not seem to be any remains of either of 
these places. 
^ Called also the Hales or Ales, and noted for the coolness of its 
waters. 
6 At Clarus, near Colophon. When Grermanicus was on his way to 
the East, this oracle foretold to him his speedy death. Chandler is of 
opinion that he discovered the site of this place at Zille, where he found 
a spring of water with marble steps to it, which he considers to have 
been the sacred fountain. Others again suggest that these ruins may be 
those of Notium. 
7 Its site was probably near the modern Ekklesia, but no traces of the 
city itself are to be found. 
s Implying that in his time Noti-um was not in existence, whereas in 
reahty In otium superseded Old Colophon, of which it was the port, and 
was sometimes known as New Colophon. 
9 Now known as Cape Curco. 
10 The site of this place is now known as Eitri, on the south side of a 
