448 THESSALONICA. ' 
CHAP, on the other side of the gulph, it was not 
. ■ -' . remotely situate. Those pillars are believed 
to be the remains of a temple of Hercules \ 
There is also a triumphal arch, erected under 
Marcus Aui'dius; and, as an Inscription sets 
forth, in honour of Faustina, Commodus, and 
Antoninus : 
<l>AYSTElNHXEBASTHKAIAOYKinKOMOAnHnOAIZ 
Below appears, in smaller characters, 
TrrnANTONEINnSEBASTnETSEBEI 
Citadel. The Turks call this castle Yedi-Koide, and the 
Greeks Heptapyrgium ('ETrrccry^y;©!'), under 
which name it is mentioned by Paul Lucas', 
signifying the same in either language ; that is 
to say, the '•' Seven ToiversJ" It is the old 
Greek citadel, or Acropolis; but the towers are 
said to have been built by the Venetians, To- 
wards the icest, opposite to a small monastery 
of Dervishes, is a tower called Namasia-Koule i 
it has been thus denominated in consequence 
of the colossal Torso of a female statue, said to 
be that of the sister of Alexander the Great, 
daughter of Philip Amyntas, and wife of Cas- 
sander, from whom the city received its name. 
(1) See Felix Beaujour Comm. de la Greer, torn. I. p. 29. 
(2) Voyage de Turquie, liv. i. torn. I. p. 50. Atnst. 1744. 
Torso. 
