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32 HISTORY OF CARIA.
been one- of his ancestors. The family of Hekatom-
nus may, however, have been allied by marriage
with that of Lygdamis, and Hekatomnus would thus
represent the pretensions of two princely houses,
one Hellenic, the.other indigenous. He is styled
by Diodorusd dynast of Caria; and, though there
is no evidence to show that he ever possessed
Halicarnassus, such was probably the case.
His seat of government was at Mylasa, a town
which from an early period seems to have been
connected with the aboriginal traditions of Caria.
Here, as has been already mentioned, in the time
of Herodotus, was a temple sacred to the Carian
Zeus, to the worship of which the Lydians and
Mysians also, as kinsmen of the Carians, were
admitted.
There was another temple to Zeus at Mylasa, in
which he was worshipped under the name 'Oo-oya>,
which, as we are informed by Pausanias, was a
Carian name, and seems to represent one of the
original deities of the Carian race, who combined
the attributes of Zeus and Poseidon.0
At Labranda, a few miles from Mylasa, was a
rl Diodor. xiv. 98.
e Strabo, xiv. p. 659. Pausanias, viii. 10, § 3. On the three
Carian types of Zeus, see Jahn, Ann. d. Inst. xiv. p. 209, seq.; Hen-
zen, Bull. d. Inst. 1849, p. 187, seq. The identity of Zeus Osogo
with Zeus Poseidon is maintained by Henzen and Jahn, on the
following grounds. An inscription brought from Mylasa by Mr.
Palkener, contains, according to Mr. Henzen's reading, a dedica-
tion by the priest Aibg 'Oaoywa, Aibe Zrivo-n-oceiSSvoe. Mr. Henzen
thinks that these latter -words are added as a gloss on the Carian
name 'Ocroywa. The further connection between these two deities
been one- of his ancestors. The family of Hekatom-
nus may, however, have been allied by marriage
with that of Lygdamis, and Hekatomnus would thus
represent the pretensions of two princely houses,
one Hellenic, the.other indigenous. He is styled
by Diodorusd dynast of Caria; and, though there
is no evidence to show that he ever possessed
Halicarnassus, such was probably the case.
His seat of government was at Mylasa, a town
which from an early period seems to have been
connected with the aboriginal traditions of Caria.
Here, as has been already mentioned, in the time
of Herodotus, was a temple sacred to the Carian
Zeus, to the worship of which the Lydians and
Mysians also, as kinsmen of the Carians, were
admitted.
There was another temple to Zeus at Mylasa, in
which he was worshipped under the name 'Oo-oya>,
which, as we are informed by Pausanias, was a
Carian name, and seems to represent one of the
original deities of the Carian race, who combined
the attributes of Zeus and Poseidon.0
At Labranda, a few miles from Mylasa, was a
rl Diodor. xiv. 98.
e Strabo, xiv. p. 659. Pausanias, viii. 10, § 3. On the three
Carian types of Zeus, see Jahn, Ann. d. Inst. xiv. p. 209, seq.; Hen-
zen, Bull. d. Inst. 1849, p. 187, seq. The identity of Zeus Osogo
with Zeus Poseidon is maintained by Henzen and Jahn, on the
following grounds. An inscription brought from Mylasa by Mr.
Palkener, contains, according to Mr. Henzen's reading, a dedica-
tion by the priest Aibg 'Oaoywa, Aibe Zrivo-n-oceiSSvoe. Mr. Henzen
thinks that these latter -words are added as a gloss on the Carian
name 'Ocroywa. The further connection between these two deities