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MARCH OF CYRUS.
[Chap, xi.ii.
CHAPTER XLII.
March of Cyrus from Celsenffi to Iconium—Tyriamm—Thymbrium and Fountain
of Midas—Caystri Campus—Ceramorum Agora—Present State of Koniyeh_
Ruined Castle—Turkish Walls—The Pacha's Konak—Turkish Secretary—
Gardens at ISoghaz Kieui—Savai Kieui—Kara Bourja—Greek Village of Zillieh.
Having determined to remain three or four days at
Koniyeh, I was not sorry to find myself established in a
clean Armenian house, the owners of which were anxi-
ous to accommodate themselves in all respects to my
wishes. But before I say anything of the present state
of Koniyeh and its neighbourhood, I must revert to the
ancient geography of the road through Phrygia Parorchis,
particularly as connected with Xenophon's account of the
expedition into Upper Asia of the younger Cyrus. In con-
sequence of the difficulties of identifying several places in
this route between Apamea and Iconium, partly owing to
our ignorance of the sites, and partly to the circumstance
that the names of towns in ancient days were frequently
changed, it has been the practice of modern writers on the
geography of Asia Minor to doubt the accuracy of this part
of the narrative, although from Sardis to Apamea, and
again from Iconium to Tarsus, the route of Cyrus can now
be traced with the greatest ease.
Fortunately there are two features by which this inter-
mediate distance may be ascertained : Xenophon has not
only given us the names of the places through which
the army passed, but he has also added the distance in
parasangs and marches, and by means of these I am not
without hopes of being able to rescue his accuracy from the
charge brought against it. Having travelled with him
along the shores of the Euxinc from Trebizond to Sinopc,
and being satisfied with his details of that district, I am
MARCH OF CYRUS.
[Chap, xi.ii.
CHAPTER XLII.
March of Cyrus from Celsenffi to Iconium—Tyriamm—Thymbrium and Fountain
of Midas—Caystri Campus—Ceramorum Agora—Present State of Koniyeh_
Ruined Castle—Turkish Walls—The Pacha's Konak—Turkish Secretary—
Gardens at ISoghaz Kieui—Savai Kieui—Kara Bourja—Greek Village of Zillieh.
Having determined to remain three or four days at
Koniyeh, I was not sorry to find myself established in a
clean Armenian house, the owners of which were anxi-
ous to accommodate themselves in all respects to my
wishes. But before I say anything of the present state
of Koniyeh and its neighbourhood, I must revert to the
ancient geography of the road through Phrygia Parorchis,
particularly as connected with Xenophon's account of the
expedition into Upper Asia of the younger Cyrus. In con-
sequence of the difficulties of identifying several places in
this route between Apamea and Iconium, partly owing to
our ignorance of the sites, and partly to the circumstance
that the names of towns in ancient days were frequently
changed, it has been the practice of modern writers on the
geography of Asia Minor to doubt the accuracy of this part
of the narrative, although from Sardis to Apamea, and
again from Iconium to Tarsus, the route of Cyrus can now
be traced with the greatest ease.
Fortunately there are two features by which this inter-
mediate distance may be ascertained : Xenophon has not
only given us the names of the places through which
the army passed, but he has also added the distance in
parasangs and marches, and by means of these I am not
without hopes of being able to rescue his accuracy from the
charge brought against it. Having travelled with him
along the shores of the Euxinc from Trebizond to Sinopc,
and being satisfied with his details of that district, I am