DISTRICT OF TROA.S. 191 
relates, that the Greek "appellation of this kind chap. 
of tomb was Soros^: his remark is forcJl)ly - _ / * 
illustrated by this Inscription, although so small 
a part of it be now remaining : 
ATPHAI022nTHPE©HKETHN20P0NEATTnKAI . . . . I 
" AURELIUS SOTEH CONSTRUCTED THIS SOROS FOR HIMSELF AND" 
Other instances, of the same nature, occur in 
the account given of our subsequent Travels, 
where the legend is more entire. 
'O' 
The remains of Alexandria Troas have Alexandria 
long served as a kind of quarry, whither not 
only Turks, but also their predecessors, during 
several centuries, have repaired, whenever they 
required either materials for ornamental archi- 
tecture, or stones for the common purposes of 
building. Long before the extinction of the 
Greek empire, the magnificent buildings of this 
city began to contribute the monuments of its 
antient splendour towards the public structures 
of Constantinople; and, at present, there is 
scarcely a mosque in the country that does not 
bear testimony to its dilapidation, by some 
costly token of jasper, marble, porphyry, or 
granite, derived from this wealthy magazine. 
(2) " Quia enlm area in qua mortuus jioiiitur, quod omnes jam 
XAPKOtUArON vocant, 20P02 dicitur Grasce." St. August, de CiiUat« 
Dei, 1. xviii. c. 5. See also Julius Pollux, X. 150 
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