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APPENDIX.
Tlos, the Troas of these early people : probably the hero whose
deeds were by this monument commemorated, and whose name
occurs twice upon it, was engaged in the defence or capture of the
city. At Tlos I also found cut in the rock of the Acropolis a
tomb with an Ionic portico. Within this are represented a
panelled and ornamented door, and several sculptured devices and
animals, as shown in the drawings and plans. On the side, and
within the portico, is a very early bas-relief of Bellerophon upon
Pegasus, and probably a chimsera beneath the horse; but this
portion of the sculpture is unfinished, and the rock beneath is left
rough; the columns of the portico are only blocked out from the
rock. Of the bas-relief of Bellerophon I have casts, and the full
detail of the colouring which now remains upon the figures. This
is probably the earliest sculpture which we have obtained. From
Cadyanda I have casts of parts of a beautiful tomb, which is so
much in ruins, and shaken into fragments, that I could not even
take casts of the whole of the sculptures that remain. The roof
or lid is wanting. The tomb now consists of a chamber in imita-
tion of a wooden structure, and in the panels is sculpture; sur-
mounting this is a smaller solid block or plinth, also sculptured,
but the upper part is wanting. These bas-reliefs, of which I show
many drawings in my 'Lycia*,' derive great additional interest
from several of the figures having near them names inscribed in
two languages—the Greek and the Lycian. The casts of these
I doubt not will be valued as important illustrations. From
Myra I have casts of the whole of the figures ornamenting one of
the rock tombs. Three of these subjects from within the portico
retain so much of their original painting that I have had the casts
coloured on the spot as fac-similes, and a portion of the paint is
preserved for chemical examination. There are from this tomb
eleven figures the size of lifef. Of the inscriptions of this people
I have made many copies ; I have had casts of one long one from
* Lycia, p. 116.
f In coasting in our boat from Antiphellus to Myra, we put in at the
highly picturesque village of Kakava, which is built amidst the tombs of
an ancient Lycian city. I was fortunate in finding an inscription show-
ing this to be the ancient city of Aperaee, the site of which had not
before been discovered.
APPENDIX.
Tlos, the Troas of these early people : probably the hero whose
deeds were by this monument commemorated, and whose name
occurs twice upon it, was engaged in the defence or capture of the
city. At Tlos I also found cut in the rock of the Acropolis a
tomb with an Ionic portico. Within this are represented a
panelled and ornamented door, and several sculptured devices and
animals, as shown in the drawings and plans. On the side, and
within the portico, is a very early bas-relief of Bellerophon upon
Pegasus, and probably a chimsera beneath the horse; but this
portion of the sculpture is unfinished, and the rock beneath is left
rough; the columns of the portico are only blocked out from the
rock. Of the bas-relief of Bellerophon I have casts, and the full
detail of the colouring which now remains upon the figures. This
is probably the earliest sculpture which we have obtained. From
Cadyanda I have casts of parts of a beautiful tomb, which is so
much in ruins, and shaken into fragments, that I could not even
take casts of the whole of the sculptures that remain. The roof
or lid is wanting. The tomb now consists of a chamber in imita-
tion of a wooden structure, and in the panels is sculpture; sur-
mounting this is a smaller solid block or plinth, also sculptured,
but the upper part is wanting. These bas-reliefs, of which I show
many drawings in my 'Lycia*,' derive great additional interest
from several of the figures having near them names inscribed in
two languages—the Greek and the Lycian. The casts of these
I doubt not will be valued as important illustrations. From
Myra I have casts of the whole of the figures ornamenting one of
the rock tombs. Three of these subjects from within the portico
retain so much of their original painting that I have had the casts
coloured on the spot as fac-similes, and a portion of the paint is
preserved for chemical examination. There are from this tomb
eleven figures the size of lifef. Of the inscriptions of this people
I have made many copies ; I have had casts of one long one from
* Lycia, p. 116.
f In coasting in our boat from Antiphellus to Myra, we put in at the
highly picturesque village of Kakava, which is built amidst the tombs of
an ancient Lycian city. I was fortunate in finding an inscription show-
ing this to be the ancient city of Aperaee, the site of which had not
before been discovered.