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10 HISTORY 01? CAHIA.
took place within historical times; while the date of
the original colony under Anthes must be regarded
as belonging to the uncertified record of the mythic
past; though the belief in such a tradition must
have been strong among the people of Halicar-
nassus, inasmuch as they called themselves Anthe-
adae, in the same manner as the Athenians called
themselves Cecropidse.8
Such a second colonization certainly took place
in the neighbouring settlement of Iasus. Here the
original colonists, according to Polybius, were
Argives; but, in consequence of the losses which
they sustained in a war with the Oarians, they
invited the aid of the Ionians from Miletus, under
the leadership of the son of Neleus.11
The original settlement of the Argive colony at
Halicarnassus was on a small rocky island, now
united to the mainland by a sandy isthmus. This
island was originally called Zephyria; the name
Isthmus, by which it was also known, must have
been given to it after it was united to the continent
by the accumulation of sand from the sea, an event
which took place some time before the date of
Pliny.1
Vitruvius states5 that on the establishment of the
joint colony under Melas and Areuanias, the bar-
barous natives constantly harassed the new settlers
with predatory incursions, till one of the colonists
e StepL Byzant. s. v. 'Adijvai. . .
]l Polyb. xvi. 12.
1 StepL Byzant. s. v. 'AXimpvaaaos. Strabo, xiv. p. 656. Plin.
Nat. Ii. ii. 91. J Loc. cit.
took place within historical times; while the date of
the original colony under Anthes must be regarded
as belonging to the uncertified record of the mythic
past; though the belief in such a tradition must
have been strong among the people of Halicar-
nassus, inasmuch as they called themselves Anthe-
adae, in the same manner as the Athenians called
themselves Cecropidse.8
Such a second colonization certainly took place
in the neighbouring settlement of Iasus. Here the
original colonists, according to Polybius, were
Argives; but, in consequence of the losses which
they sustained in a war with the Oarians, they
invited the aid of the Ionians from Miletus, under
the leadership of the son of Neleus.11
The original settlement of the Argive colony at
Halicarnassus was on a small rocky island, now
united to the mainland by a sandy isthmus. This
island was originally called Zephyria; the name
Isthmus, by which it was also known, must have
been given to it after it was united to the continent
by the accumulation of sand from the sea, an event
which took place some time before the date of
Pliny.1
Vitruvius states5 that on the establishment of the
joint colony under Melas and Areuanias, the bar-
barous natives constantly harassed the new settlers
with predatory incursions, till one of the colonists
e StepL Byzant. s. v. 'Adijvai. . .
]l Polyb. xvi. 12.
1 StepL Byzant. s. v. 'AXimpvaaaos. Strabo, xiv. p. 656. Plin.
Nat. Ii. ii. 91. J Loc. cit.