274 FROM THE HELLESPONT 
^y^j^' Consul at Rhodes afterwards informed us, that 
v^ 
— ' a fine colossal marble statue was still standing 
in the centre of the orchestra belonging to the 
Theatre, the head of which the Turks had broken 
off; but that he well remembered the statue in 
its perfect state. This is evidently the same 
liflvlF which is alluded to by Mr. Morritt. Mr. Walpole, 
pole. ill a subsequent visit to Cnidus, brought away 
the Torso of a male statue : this he has since 
added to the collection of Greek Marbles in the 
Vestibule of the University Library at Cam- 
bridge. No specimen of Cnidian sculpture can 
be regarded with indifference. The famous 
T'^enus of Praxiteles was among the number of 
the ornaments once decorating this celebrated 
city, and its effigy is still extant upon the 
medals of the place. Sostratus of Cnidus, son of 
Dexiphanes, built upon the Isle of Pharos the 
celebrated Light-Tower, that was considered 
one of the seven wonders of the world, and 
from which all similar edifices were afterwards 
denominated. Upon the coast, or in the port 
of Cnidus, was decided the memorable naval 
combat, considered by Polybius as marking the 
8era when the Spartans lost the command of the 
sea, which they had obtained by their victory 
over the Athenians in the Hellespont. Although 
above two thousand years have passed since the 
squadrons of Persia, from all the ports of Asia, 
