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when Cos and Halicarnassus were occupied by the same people.* The memory of the Thessalian
origin of Halicarnassus is preserved in the figure of the Dodonaean Jupiter on the coins of that city.-f
Descendants of the Thessalians of Cos were engaged in the war of Troy,;}; where they were opposed
to some of their neighbours of Caria and Lycia. From Triopas the island as well as the city
which he founded, was named Triopia or Triopium.^ In later times Triopas was fabled to have
been the son of Apollo, and we have a proof of the veneration in which the Cnidians held his
memory, as their founder, in their dedication at Delphi of his statue standing by a horse,|| a com-
mon accompaniment to the statue of a hero or archagetas.
But neither Triopium nor Halicarnassus remained long in the hands of the Pelasgi. Unable
to resist the warlike and powerful Carians, Phorbas one of the sons of Triopas retired to Rhodes,
and Merops another son to Cos, while other fugitives occupied Syme and the small islands of the
Dorian gulf.f The Carians in their turn were subdued by the Cretans,** who, when they had
obtained the supremacy at sea, and were establishing colonies or supporting those already esta-
blished by them in this part of Asia, were not likely to neglect so important a naval station as that
of Cnidus.
After the Trojan war Triopium received a Doric colony, and if we may believe that its leader was
Hippotes, who separated from the Heracleidse before they entered the Peloponnesus, this was the
earliest Doric settlement made in Caria and the adjacent islands, though followed not many years
afterwards by those established in Halicarnassus and Myndus, and a little later in Cos and Rhodes,
on which occasion Cnidus received a reinforcement of Dorians from Argos and Sparta.-f-f Here, as
in most other places, the Doric colonies were highly prosperous. Proceeding from Cos and Rhodes
they occupied all the adjacent islands, built numerous cities in Caria and even in Lycia, and gave
their name in all subsequent ages to the south western extremity of the Asiatic continent. Not
more than six principal cities, however, were united in a federal body, namely those of Lindus,
Ialysus, and Gameirus, (Rhodus itself was not yet founded,) with Cos, Halicarnassus, and Cnidus.
These, like the twelve Ionian cities which met at Panionium to celebrate games in honour of Nep-
tune, held a similar assembly in honour of Apollo at Triopium, and hence the confederacy was
* Callim. Hymn, ad Cer. 25 et seq.—Diodor. v. 61.—Ste-
phan. in Awnov with the correction of Salmasius.—Pausan.
Phoc. 11, 1.
According to the Peloponnesian tradition, Pelasgus was son
of Triopas (Pausan. Cor. 22. 1) which shews at least that
Triopas was a Pelasgic name. Were not the testimony of the
ancients so strong in personifying Triopas, we should be dis-
posed to consider Triopium as derived from the triple summit
which the promontory, under some aspects, presents to those
who sail by it.
f Jupiter is standing between two trees, on each of which
is a bird, Eckhel Doct. Num. Vet. ii. p. 582. Other coins of
Halicarnassus indicate colonization from Trcezene, of which
we find a proof also in an inscription of Halicarnassus, Boeckh.
Corp. Ins. Gr. No. 2655.
I II. B. 677, 867.—Strabo, p. 653.
§ Diodorus relates v. 61, that Triopas came sic tj)v KviSiav
iv y KTiaai ro KaXovfisvov aw avrov Tpio7nov. Pliny [H. N. V. 28
(29)] states that the city was known successively by the names
Triopia, Pegusa, Stadia and Cnidus, and that it was situated
in promontorio. Stephanus describes Triopia or Triopium as if
it were a city of Caria different from Cnidus. Probably the pe-
ninsular quarter of Cnidus was commonly known by the name of
Triopia, though we find that on a separate dedication at Olympia
by the people of the peninsula they styled themselves ol iv
Kvi'&o Xtppovwioi. Pausan. El. pr. 24, 7. See above p. 1, note f.
|| Pausan. Phoc. 11, 1.
^[ Called the Araeas, tuq KaXov/xiva^ "Apoiac" /u£ra£v Se rijc Kvi-
8/ac Km t^c Sv/wie slmv. Dieuchidas ap. Athen. vi. 18 (82).
Diodor. v. 53.—Antonin. Lib. Metam. 15.—Stephan. in 'ApaJ,
Kwc, M^o^.—Strabo, p. 686. From Merops, Cos derived the
surname of Meropis, and its people that of Meropes.
** Herodot. hi. 122.—Thucyd. i. 4.
ff Herodot. i. 144,174.—Diodor. v. 9, 53. Pausan. Lacon.
13, 3.—Conon Narr. 26, 47.—Apollod. ii. 8.—Eckhel Doct.
Num. Vet. iii. p. 55.
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when Cos and Halicarnassus were occupied by the same people.* The memory of the Thessalian
origin of Halicarnassus is preserved in the figure of the Dodonaean Jupiter on the coins of that city.-f
Descendants of the Thessalians of Cos were engaged in the war of Troy,;}; where they were opposed
to some of their neighbours of Caria and Lycia. From Triopas the island as well as the city
which he founded, was named Triopia or Triopium.^ In later times Triopas was fabled to have
been the son of Apollo, and we have a proof of the veneration in which the Cnidians held his
memory, as their founder, in their dedication at Delphi of his statue standing by a horse,|| a com-
mon accompaniment to the statue of a hero or archagetas.
But neither Triopium nor Halicarnassus remained long in the hands of the Pelasgi. Unable
to resist the warlike and powerful Carians, Phorbas one of the sons of Triopas retired to Rhodes,
and Merops another son to Cos, while other fugitives occupied Syme and the small islands of the
Dorian gulf.f The Carians in their turn were subdued by the Cretans,** who, when they had
obtained the supremacy at sea, and were establishing colonies or supporting those already esta-
blished by them in this part of Asia, were not likely to neglect so important a naval station as that
of Cnidus.
After the Trojan war Triopium received a Doric colony, and if we may believe that its leader was
Hippotes, who separated from the Heracleidse before they entered the Peloponnesus, this was the
earliest Doric settlement made in Caria and the adjacent islands, though followed not many years
afterwards by those established in Halicarnassus and Myndus, and a little later in Cos and Rhodes,
on which occasion Cnidus received a reinforcement of Dorians from Argos and Sparta.-f-f Here, as
in most other places, the Doric colonies were highly prosperous. Proceeding from Cos and Rhodes
they occupied all the adjacent islands, built numerous cities in Caria and even in Lycia, and gave
their name in all subsequent ages to the south western extremity of the Asiatic continent. Not
more than six principal cities, however, were united in a federal body, namely those of Lindus,
Ialysus, and Gameirus, (Rhodus itself was not yet founded,) with Cos, Halicarnassus, and Cnidus.
These, like the twelve Ionian cities which met at Panionium to celebrate games in honour of Nep-
tune, held a similar assembly in honour of Apollo at Triopium, and hence the confederacy was
* Callim. Hymn, ad Cer. 25 et seq.—Diodor. v. 61.—Ste-
phan. in Awnov with the correction of Salmasius.—Pausan.
Phoc. 11, 1.
According to the Peloponnesian tradition, Pelasgus was son
of Triopas (Pausan. Cor. 22. 1) which shews at least that
Triopas was a Pelasgic name. Were not the testimony of the
ancients so strong in personifying Triopas, we should be dis-
posed to consider Triopium as derived from the triple summit
which the promontory, under some aspects, presents to those
who sail by it.
f Jupiter is standing between two trees, on each of which
is a bird, Eckhel Doct. Num. Vet. ii. p. 582. Other coins of
Halicarnassus indicate colonization from Trcezene, of which
we find a proof also in an inscription of Halicarnassus, Boeckh.
Corp. Ins. Gr. No. 2655.
I II. B. 677, 867.—Strabo, p. 653.
§ Diodorus relates v. 61, that Triopas came sic tj)v KviSiav
iv y KTiaai ro KaXovfisvov aw avrov Tpio7nov. Pliny [H. N. V. 28
(29)] states that the city was known successively by the names
Triopia, Pegusa, Stadia and Cnidus, and that it was situated
in promontorio. Stephanus describes Triopia or Triopium as if
it were a city of Caria different from Cnidus. Probably the pe-
ninsular quarter of Cnidus was commonly known by the name of
Triopia, though we find that on a separate dedication at Olympia
by the people of the peninsula they styled themselves ol iv
Kvi'&o Xtppovwioi. Pausan. El. pr. 24, 7. See above p. 1, note f.
|| Pausan. Phoc. 11, 1.
^[ Called the Araeas, tuq KaXov/xiva^ "Apoiac" /u£ra£v Se rijc Kvi-
8/ac Km t^c Sv/wie slmv. Dieuchidas ap. Athen. vi. 18 (82).
Diodor. v. 53.—Antonin. Lib. Metam. 15.—Stephan. in 'ApaJ,
Kwc, M^o^.—Strabo, p. 686. From Merops, Cos derived the
surname of Meropis, and its people that of Meropes.
** Herodot. hi. 122.—Thucyd. i. 4.
ff Herodot. i. 144,174.—Diodor. v. 9, 53. Pausan. Lacon.
13, 3.—Conon Narr. 26, 47.—Apollod. ii. 8.—Eckhel Doct.
Num. Vet. iii. p. 55.