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LTCIA.
said to have been retained by the colonists. I find in the
coins of Crete alone a parallel in size and workmanship to
those of Lycia: on seeing coins from Candia, I at first sight
claimed them as Lycian. The bull's horns are found as the
crest of the ancient inhabitants, and the bull contending
with lions is the most common subject of the bas-reliefs.
May this not have reference to the family of Europa con-
tending with the wild animals of this country ? The lion is
seen everywhere throughout the valley of the Xanthus;
every bas-relief, tomb, seat or coin, shows the figure or limbs
of this animal. Lions still live in its mountains, the goat is
found at the top, while the serpent infests the base of the
Cragus, illustrating the imaginary monster of its early fables*.
The name of Sarpedon is found upon the monuments, and
the conquests of Bellerophon remain stamped upon the
rocks and coins. Patara, whose name implies the seat of an
oracle, stands at the entrance of a valley: the inscriptions
and emblems here are all in honour of Apollo, and the
coins of the whole district show his ascendancy. I doubt
not that many other points of high interest would occur
to the classic scholar, but these must be observed by all
travellers.
April 22nd, Bazeeryiancooe.—This bay was by the ancient
Greeks called Phoenicus, probably from its palm-trees; by
the modern Greeks Kalamaki, which means "reed bay;"
but from the precipitous and arid rocks, rising from a sea
far too deep even for anchorage, reeds never could have
grown here. On the coast of Patara, which is round the
point to the westward, and is distinctly divided from this
* The vignette on the title-page is drawn from an ancient Greek terra-
cotta, representing a chimsera. This extremely interesting relic is the
property of Thomas Burgon, Esq., who has kindly allowed me to copy
it as an illustration.
" A lion she before in mane and throat,
Behind a dragon, in the midst a goat."—Hesiod.
. bold pro
abundin
Forms, t
iibaki below us
iffrnanco--
ifromwhi
- pita
:»much exposed
■
a of the m<.
iie mount*: ■
iien
tkn:. •
■
e appears
;* or two in j^
northern
'^thatthiTTa
Still t'. •
LTCIA.
said to have been retained by the colonists. I find in the
coins of Crete alone a parallel in size and workmanship to
those of Lycia: on seeing coins from Candia, I at first sight
claimed them as Lycian. The bull's horns are found as the
crest of the ancient inhabitants, and the bull contending
with lions is the most common subject of the bas-reliefs.
May this not have reference to the family of Europa con-
tending with the wild animals of this country ? The lion is
seen everywhere throughout the valley of the Xanthus;
every bas-relief, tomb, seat or coin, shows the figure or limbs
of this animal. Lions still live in its mountains, the goat is
found at the top, while the serpent infests the base of the
Cragus, illustrating the imaginary monster of its early fables*.
The name of Sarpedon is found upon the monuments, and
the conquests of Bellerophon remain stamped upon the
rocks and coins. Patara, whose name implies the seat of an
oracle, stands at the entrance of a valley: the inscriptions
and emblems here are all in honour of Apollo, and the
coins of the whole district show his ascendancy. I doubt
not that many other points of high interest would occur
to the classic scholar, but these must be observed by all
travellers.
April 22nd, Bazeeryiancooe.—This bay was by the ancient
Greeks called Phoenicus, probably from its palm-trees; by
the modern Greeks Kalamaki, which means "reed bay;"
but from the precipitous and arid rocks, rising from a sea
far too deep even for anchorage, reeds never could have
grown here. On the coast of Patara, which is round the
point to the westward, and is distinctly divided from this
* The vignette on the title-page is drawn from an ancient Greek terra-
cotta, representing a chimsera. This extremely interesting relic is the
property of Thomas Burgon, Esq., who has kindly allowed me to copy
it as an illustration.
" A lion she before in mane and throat,
Behind a dragon, in the midst a goat."—Hesiod.
. bold pro
abundin
Forms, t
iibaki below us
iffrnanco--
ifromwhi
- pita
:»much exposed
■
a of the m<.
iie mount*: ■
iien
tkn:. •
■
e appears
;* or two in j^
northern
'^thatthiTTa
Still t'. •