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the north: besides these, the hill towards the cliff is sup-
ported by massive walls of Cyclopian structure, formed of
gigantic blocks.
After taking many bearings from this spot, I quitted the
ruins at a late hour, and on descending towards Halvar Dere,
visited a small Byzantine church, about a mile to the east.
Besides these, other ruined churches are said to exist on
various parts of Hassan Dagh ; I did not visit them, but they
are probably the remains of the austere seclusions of the
early Christians. I have above observed that I consider
the ruins just described to mark the site of Nazianzus,
the birth-place of Gregory, situated at the foot of Mount
Athar, which is probably Hassan Dagh. According to the
'Jerusalem Itinerary,' where the name of Nazianzus occurs,
under the strange form of Anathiango, it is placed on the
road from Ancyra to Tyana, leading through Colonia
Archelais, Sasima, and Andahilis. Now Andabilis is still
known by the name of Eski Andaval on the road between
Nigdeh and Bor, which perfectly agrees with its position
with regard to Tyana at Kiz Hissar near Bor, and may
therefore be considered as a fixed point; and Archelais is
more than suspected to have been at Ak Serai, although
no positive evidence of it has yet been brought forward.
The distances given by the * Jerusalem Itinerary' are,
Archelais to Nazianzus 24 M. P.—Nazianzus to An-
davilis 40 M. P., which numbers reduced to geographical
miles are respectively 17j and 28f. On measuring the
distance on the map, constructed, as I have already said,
independently of ancient authorities, we have from Andaval
to the ruins near Halvar Dere 29 G. M., and from thence
to Ak Serai 17 G. M.; a most remarkable coincidence,
and one which is, I think, conclusive as to the exact position
of these places.
It does not appear to have been a place of any great
importance in the times of the early Greeks and Komans,
and hardly to have been heard of before the father of Gre-
gory was made its bishop. Some writers have indeed sup-
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the north: besides these, the hill towards the cliff is sup-
ported by massive walls of Cyclopian structure, formed of
gigantic blocks.
After taking many bearings from this spot, I quitted the
ruins at a late hour, and on descending towards Halvar Dere,
visited a small Byzantine church, about a mile to the east.
Besides these, other ruined churches are said to exist on
various parts of Hassan Dagh ; I did not visit them, but they
are probably the remains of the austere seclusions of the
early Christians. I have above observed that I consider
the ruins just described to mark the site of Nazianzus,
the birth-place of Gregory, situated at the foot of Mount
Athar, which is probably Hassan Dagh. According to the
'Jerusalem Itinerary,' where the name of Nazianzus occurs,
under the strange form of Anathiango, it is placed on the
road from Ancyra to Tyana, leading through Colonia
Archelais, Sasima, and Andahilis. Now Andabilis is still
known by the name of Eski Andaval on the road between
Nigdeh and Bor, which perfectly agrees with its position
with regard to Tyana at Kiz Hissar near Bor, and may
therefore be considered as a fixed point; and Archelais is
more than suspected to have been at Ak Serai, although
no positive evidence of it has yet been brought forward.
The distances given by the * Jerusalem Itinerary' are,
Archelais to Nazianzus 24 M. P.—Nazianzus to An-
davilis 40 M. P., which numbers reduced to geographical
miles are respectively 17j and 28f. On measuring the
distance on the map, constructed, as I have already said,
independently of ancient authorities, we have from Andaval
to the ruins near Halvar Dere 29 G. M., and from thence
to Ak Serai 17 G. M.; a most remarkable coincidence,
and one which is, I think, conclusive as to the exact position
of these places.
It does not appear to have been a place of any great
importance in the times of the early Greeks and Komans,
and hardly to have been heard of before the father of Gre-
gory was made its bishop. Some writers have indeed sup-