Ancient History From the Monuments: Greek Cities & Islands of Asia Minor, by W. S. W. Vaux

INDEX.

Abydus, Xerxes builds his bridge near, 5.
Ancyra, temple and inscription of Augustus, 144-147.
Antioch of Pisidia, site of, suggested by Mr. Arundell, proved by Mr. Hamilton, 111-114.
Apamea, and the legend of the ark resting there, 133-135.
Argæus, Mt., near Cæsarea, ascended for the first time by Mr. Hamilton, 151.
Asia Minor, size of, 1;
- less productive than of old, 2;
- chief islands of, noticed here, Lesbos, Samos, Chios, Rhodus and Cyprus, 156-171.
Aspendus, beauty of theatre at, 102.
Assus, importance of the monuments found there, 7.
Attali, gallant character of the family of, 31, 32.
Attalia (now Adalia), important port of, 99, 100.
Beaufort, Capt., discovery by of the granary of Trajan at Myra, 98.
Branchidæ, famous oracle and temple at, 48, 49;
- important excavations at by Mr. Newton, 49-55.
Chios, through all history, ancient and modern, cruelly
treated by its neighbours, 159, 160.
Cnidus, important excavations at by Mr. Newton, 73-80.
Colossæ, satisfactorily identified by Mr. Hamilton, 142-143.
Cyprus, recent valuable researches in by Mr. Lang and General Palma di Cesnola, 166-171.
Cyzicus, position of, 3.
Ephesus, one of the most important of the cities of W. Asia, 37;
- discovery of its famous temple of Diana by Mr. Wood, 42-45.
Falkener, Mr., interesting notice of Mt. Karadagh and of Bir-bir-Kalisseh, the 1,001 churches, 130.
Gomperz, Prof., interpretation by of some inscriptions found by Dr. Schliemann, 27, 28.
Hierapolis, remarkable petrifactions near, 137, 139.
Hissarlik, the true site of ancient Troy, 10;
- as also of new Troy, 29.
Iconium, its history, ancient and mediæval, 127-128.
Isaura, Mr. Hamilton identifies the site of, 125-126.
Lampsacus, for some time the home of Themistocles, 5.
Laodicea (ad Lycum), the chief town of Roman Proconsular Asia, 139-141.
Lesbos, general character of its citizens, 156-157.
Lystra and Derbe, difficulties in their identification, 129-130.
Magnesia (the Lydian), legends of Tantalus and Niobe connected with, 56, 57.
Mausoleum, or tomb of Mausolus, excavations at, by Mr. Newton, 62-70.
Miletus, great importance of its position as a port, and the parent of more colonies than any other place in antiquity, 45-47.
Myra, remarkable beauty of its rock-cut tombs at, 97-98.
Palæ-scepsis, the MSS. of Aristotle discovered there, 9.
Patara, celebrated oracle at, 96.
Paul, St., missionary labours of, in Asia Minor, 172-186.
Philadelphia, famous resistance of, to the Turks in A.D. 1390, 58.
Philomelium, the best opium grown round it, 136 (and n.).
Phrygians, the ethnological relations of, 131-133.
Physcus (now Marmorice), Lord Nelson anchors his ships there, 80.
Pullan, Mr., discovery by, of a colossal lion near Cnidus, 77-80.
Rhodus, remarkable excavations in, at Camirus, by Messrs. Biliotti and Saltzmann, 162-165.
Sagalassus, grand natural position of, 107.
Samos, history of, 157-159.
Sardes, importance of in ancient history, 59-61.
Sarkophagi, so named from the stone found at Assus, 8.
Schliemann, Dr., remarkable early career of, 12-14;
- excavations by, at Troy, 14-24;
- his reasons for believing Hissarlik the site of Troy, 16 (n.).
Selge, position of, not quite certain, 108, 109.
Selinus (in Cilicia), the death-place of the Emperor Trajanus, 117.
Sinope, the royal residence of the kings of Pontus, 153, 154.
Smyrna, long endurance of, as a great port, 34, 35.
Soli (in Cilicia) and solecisms, 121 (n.).
Stratonicea, remarkable inscription of Diocletian thence, 81, 82.
Tarsus, abundant interesting notices of, 113-116.
Telmessus, famous for its augurs, 95.
Termessus, remarkable position of, 104.
Troy, various theories as to its true position, 11.
Xanthus, in Lycia, curious story of, 86-89;
- discoveries at, by Sir Charles Fellows, 89-95.

WYMAN AND SONS, PRINTERS, GREAT QUEEN ST., LINCOLN’S-INN FIELDS.

Transcriber’s Notes:
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