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ORIGIN OP EPHESUS, ETC. 39
of Priene, and erected to the honour of Heliconian
Neptune,1 but on account of the frequent wars and
disturbances at that place it was removed to a more
convenient spot near Ephesus.2
1 On the origin of the Temple of Heliconian Neptune, so called
from Helice in the Peloponnesus, see Strabo, pp. 384-5, and Pans,
vii. 24-5, and Herod, i. 142-148.
2 Diod. Sic. xv. 5.
of Priene, and erected to the honour of Heliconian
Neptune,1 but on account of the frequent wars and
disturbances at that place it was removed to a more
convenient spot near Ephesus.2
1 On the origin of the Temple of Heliconian Neptune, so called
from Helice in the Peloponnesus, see Strabo, pp. 384-5, and Pans,
vii. 24-5, and Herod, i. 142-148.
2 Diod. Sic. xv. 5.