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CHAPTER IX.
TOPOGRAPHY OP HALICARNASSUS.
Description of Halicarnassus by "Vitruvius, Its correspondence
with the actual site. Existing remains of the ancient walls.
The Myndus Gate. The tower on the Theatre Hill. Temple of
Mars. Agora. The closed port. The palace of Mausolus ; its
probable position. The fortress of Salmacis. The fountain
Salmacis, and Temple of Venus and Mercury. Citadel in the
island now occupied by the Castle of St. Peter. Promontory
Zephyrittm. Doric colonnade near the Temple of Mars, perhaps
the stoa of Ptolemy mentioned in an inscription. Temple of
Demeter and Persephone. Tombs on the Theatre Hill. Extra-
mural cemeteries at Kislalik,—on the road to Myndus, and else-
where. Peservoirs and aqueducts. Paver mentioned by Scylax,
not now to be found.
Bbporb proceeding to give an account of the other
excavations carried on at Buclrum, it may be as well
to describe generally the plan of the ancient city,
and to note the chief physical features of the site, and
such points in the topography as have been ascer-
tained by recent research. It has been stated,
ante, p. 39, that Vitruvius compares the form of
the site to that of a theatre. The passage in which
this comparison occurs is remarkable for a graphic
distinctness, rare in the writers of antiquity when
they attempt topographical description.
It is as follows : —" Mausolus, perceiving that
CHAPTER IX.
TOPOGRAPHY OP HALICARNASSUS.
Description of Halicarnassus by "Vitruvius, Its correspondence
with the actual site. Existing remains of the ancient walls.
The Myndus Gate. The tower on the Theatre Hill. Temple of
Mars. Agora. The closed port. The palace of Mausolus ; its
probable position. The fortress of Salmacis. The fountain
Salmacis, and Temple of Venus and Mercury. Citadel in the
island now occupied by the Castle of St. Peter. Promontory
Zephyrittm. Doric colonnade near the Temple of Mars, perhaps
the stoa of Ptolemy mentioned in an inscription. Temple of
Demeter and Persephone. Tombs on the Theatre Hill. Extra-
mural cemeteries at Kislalik,—on the road to Myndus, and else-
where. Peservoirs and aqueducts. Paver mentioned by Scylax,
not now to be found.
Bbporb proceeding to give an account of the other
excavations carried on at Buclrum, it may be as well
to describe generally the plan of the ancient city,
and to note the chief physical features of the site, and
such points in the topography as have been ascer-
tained by recent research. It has been stated,
ante, p. 39, that Vitruvius compares the form of
the site to that of a theatre. The passage in which
this comparison occurs is remarkable for a graphic
distinctness, rare in the writers of antiquity when
they attempt topographical description.
It is as follows : —" Mausolus, perceiving that