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TEMPLE OF IIEKATE AT LAGINA. 555
The site of Lagina is on elevated ground, and
commands an extensive vieAV to the north and
south.
The temple of Hckate is described by Strabo as
being a most celebrated one (s7ri$a.vio-Ta.Tov) in his
time; and he states that it was in the territory
of the neighbouring city of Stratonicsea,1'
I had no difficulty in discovering the ruins,
which, as will be seen by the Plan (Plate LXXVIL),
lie on the surface of its temenos, round which the
ancient peribolus may be still traced.0
On examining the ruins I found the remains of
a temple of the Corinthian order, with a frieze in
high relief, several slabs of which were lying
among the ruins in good preservation. Inter-
mixed with these remains were a number of
inscriptions relating to the worship of Ilekate,
which I spent several days in copying.
In the month of July, 1857, Lieutenant Smith
proceeded to Lagina, accompanied by Corporal
Spackman, and in the course of ten days suc-
ceeded in obtaining photographs of nearly all the
slabs of frieze lying on the surface; he also made
a plan of the site, and measurements of the archi-
tectural remains.
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ftcv AayivoiQ to ri/c 'E/cdn/c i7ri<j>(ii'iar<troi', TraviiyvpttQ fieyakac
rrvvuyov Kur iviavrdv. Cf. Tacitus, Annal. iii. V>'2.
c These ruins were visited by L. Ross in 1844. See liis
Kleinasien unci Deutsehland, Halle, 1850, pp. 90-91, 103-101,
It is singular that, though Pococke visited Lagina, and noticed
a castle on a hill about a mile from the village, he did not discover
the temple of Hekate. See his " Travels," ii. Pt. 2, p. 65.
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The site of Lagina is on elevated ground, and
commands an extensive vieAV to the north and
south.
The temple of Hckate is described by Strabo as
being a most celebrated one (s7ri$a.vio-Ta.Tov) in his
time; and he states that it was in the territory
of the neighbouring city of Stratonicsea,1'
I had no difficulty in discovering the ruins,
which, as will be seen by the Plan (Plate LXXVIL),
lie on the surface of its temenos, round which the
ancient peribolus may be still traced.0
On examining the ruins I found the remains of
a temple of the Corinthian order, with a frieze in
high relief, several slabs of which were lying
among the ruins in good preservation. Inter-
mixed with these remains were a number of
inscriptions relating to the worship of Ilekate,
which I spent several days in copying.
In the month of July, 1857, Lieutenant Smith
proceeded to Lagina, accompanied by Corporal
Spackman, and in the course of ten days suc-
ceeded in obtaining photographs of nearly all the
slabs of frieze lying on the surface; he also made
a plan of the site, and measurements of the archi-
tectural remains.
'' xiv. p. CCO. 'i(TTi o £)■ rij X'*W ™'' ^TpO-TOViKetoy ^"° iePa-> ev
ftcv AayivoiQ to ri/c 'E/cdn/c i7ri<j>(ii'iar<troi', TraviiyvpttQ fieyakac
rrvvuyov Kur iviavrdv. Cf. Tacitus, Annal. iii. V>'2.
c These ruins were visited by L. Ross in 1844. See liis
Kleinasien unci Deutsehland, Halle, 1850, pp. 90-91, 103-101,
It is singular that, though Pococke visited Lagina, and noticed
a castle on a hill about a mile from the village, he did not discover
the temple of Hekate. See his " Travels," ii. Pt. 2, p. 65.
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