Zeus as an ox; Zeus Olbios 643
ln "fon. As. Min. 1931 iii. 47 fig. 67). The rest were removed in Christian times, when
'he walls of the nais were demolished, the columns of the perlsiasis built in, and an apse
added to transform the temple into a fifth-century church (fig. 443= Herzfeld's plan in
Wiw. As. Min. 1931 iii. 49 fig. 68).
The temple was the main sanctuary of "OX/S?; or "0\£a (Ura), which lay on lower
ground a few miles to the east and was connected with it by means of a plastered and
partly rock-cut road running between ancient tombs—one of many cases in which the
°cal hurdn was at some distance from its town. But little by little the hierin of Olba
if
f 1
1
K
I 1
\hi
r
3<
Fig. 441.
8rew to De
ac<luired, aj1 . 'n its own ri^nt' at length—probably in the reign of Vespasian—it
l°wn.gat'e' We lnfe>" from an inscription found by VV. Bauer on the north front of the
.^"XeffrdfVi name Diokaisareia (Mon. As. Min. 1931 iii. 44 f., 71 no. 73, 1 ff. M tt)s
°*C°]piou TiJS-^a'T'Xf"" TQt" &]e<"">Twi> [rijs oUov^]]^ *X(a/3/ou) 'ApuaSlov Kt *X(ajS(ou)
^'Ofareo-g.^ Avy(ovoTay) rb rav (pyov | t& i[irep Tifi]^ &wk[e(ra.p]tu>v (y 8ep.e\lov
^yi^iarot) I ipXo["}ros tov \anrp(oTa.Tov) [kt/ dav]p.a<noTOLTOv Kd/iyTOt irp[uTov
J1''8'11 also hT 5ovtK°* 'ivowpw] <t>\(apiov) AewTfioi/]. The first three words of line 3
S clear). res<ored as rod [WxoDj tJ^s or toD[to r6\r)s t]))s, but the general sense
v cult *
•j!Slrict was rulSa'd t0 haVe been estab'isllet' by Aias> son o{ Teukros; and the whole
j eu'<ros or fi* x llistor'cal t'mes by priestly dynasts, most of whom were named
onCriplion> in Te ^Strab' 672}' Tms is laree'y borne out by epigraphic evidence. An
(1< Wn'Cn is can *** °^ ''^ t'"r<' century B-C" ^"'^ mt0 a I°rtress OI" polygonal masonry,
anytelis • sg"?'! Ine trlskeUssymbol, at a place variously called Kanidiwan or Kanideli
ee W. Ruge in Pauly—Wissowa Rcal-Enc. x. 1886) three miles from the
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ln "fon. As. Min. 1931 iii. 47 fig. 67). The rest were removed in Christian times, when
'he walls of the nais were demolished, the columns of the perlsiasis built in, and an apse
added to transform the temple into a fifth-century church (fig. 443= Herzfeld's plan in
Wiw. As. Min. 1931 iii. 49 fig. 68).
The temple was the main sanctuary of "OX/S?; or "0\£a (Ura), which lay on lower
ground a few miles to the east and was connected with it by means of a plastered and
partly rock-cut road running between ancient tombs—one of many cases in which the
°cal hurdn was at some distance from its town. But little by little the hierin of Olba
if
f 1
1
K
I 1
\hi
r
3<
Fig. 441.
8rew to De
ac<luired, aj1 . 'n its own ri^nt' at length—probably in the reign of Vespasian—it
l°wn.gat'e' We lnfe>" from an inscription found by VV. Bauer on the north front of the
.^"XeffrdfVi name Diokaisareia (Mon. As. Min. 1931 iii. 44 f., 71 no. 73, 1 ff. M tt)s
°*C°]piou TiJS-^a'T'Xf"" TQt" &]e<"">Twi> [rijs oUov^]]^ *X(a/3/ou) 'ApuaSlov Kt *X(ajS(ou)
^'Ofareo-g.^ Avy(ovoTay) rb rav (pyov | t& i[irep Tifi]^ &wk[e(ra.p]tu>v (y 8ep.e\lov
^yi^iarot) I ipXo["}ros tov \anrp(oTa.Tov) [kt/ dav]p.a<noTOLTOv Kd/iyTOt irp[uTov
J1''8'11 also hT 5ovtK°* 'ivowpw] <t>\(apiov) AewTfioi/]. The first three words of line 3
S clear). res<ored as rod [WxoDj tJ^s or toD[to r6\r)s t]))s, but the general sense
v cult *
•j!Slrict was rulSa'd t0 haVe been estab'isllet' by Aias> son o{ Teukros; and the whole
j eu'<ros or fi* x llistor'cal t'mes by priestly dynasts, most of whom were named
onCriplion> in Te ^Strab' 672}' Tms is laree'y borne out by epigraphic evidence. An
(1< Wn'Cn is can *** °^ ''^ t'"r<' century B-C" ^"'^ mt0 a I°rtress OI" polygonal masonry,
anytelis • sg"?'! Ine trlskeUssymbol, at a place variously called Kanidiwan or Kanideli
ee W. Ruge in Pauly—Wissowa Rcal-Enc. x. 1886) three miles from the
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