Falkener, Edward: Ephesus and the temple of Diana (London, 1862)

OEIGIN OP EPHESDS, ETC. 33

important services in defeat of the Roman and
Rhodian fleet, under Thrassyllus, in the 93rd
olympiad, 404 to 408 years B.C.1

Among the dependencies of the city, Ortygia suburbs.
must be considered as holding the most prominent 0KTYGI.
place. It was from the circumstance of Diana
herself receiving birth in this sacred territory,
that Bphesus obtained its origin, and subsequently
acquired such great celebrity. From Strabo" Ave
learn that it was near the coast. " It consisted of
a magnificent wood, planted with all kinds of
trees, but especially the cypress, and was traversed
by the Cenchrius.....There are many tem-
ples in this place, some ancient, some modern.
In the former, the statues are also ancient. In
the modern ones, one sees, among other works
of Scopas, Latona with a sceptre, and Ortygia
near her, bearing the two children in her arms.
They celebrate a feast every year at Ortygia,
and the youth of the city, agreeably to ancient
custom, pride themselves especially in providing
magnificent repasts. The college of Curietes also
gives repasts, and celebrates certain secret sacri-
fices." It was here that Orion was supposed to be
slain by the chaste Diana.3 Guhl' places Ortygia
with great probability in a nook of the mountains
behind Coressus, though I do not sufficiently

1 Xenoph. Hell. i. 2. a Horn. Odyss. v. 123.

2 Strabo, p. 039. 4 Ephes. Plan. ii.

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