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ruins in any part of the peninsula east of Cniclus
at all likely to be those of the Temple of Apollo,
and I am, on the whole, inclined to think that the
term Triopium was originally applied to the head-
land now called Cape Orio, and that, in the passage
already referred to, Herodotus is speaking, not of
the headland itself, but of the territory gradually
added to it by the Cnidian settlers.

It seems to me much more probable that the
headland was selected as the site of the Temple
of Apollo, than any site further to the east,
from the fact that this temple was the place of
meeting of the league of maritime cities, called
the Dorian Hexapolis.

It might be expected d priori that the site of
such a temple would be convenient of access to
all the members of the League, and at the same
time a place of security, where gatherings might
take place, and treasure might be deposited in
troublous times. It has been already shown that
the headland of Cape Crio, from its natural
strength and geographical position, Avould pre-
sent such a rallying-point and place of refuge to
the members of the League.

In the part of the peninsula to the north-Avest
of the city walls, are the ruins of a tomb of the
Roman period, a more particular description of
which will be given in a subsequent chapter.

Cnidus abounds in cisterns, in Avhich the rain-
water must have been collected in antiquity, and on
which the inhabitants must have mainly depended
for their supply, as at present there appears to be