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LABRANDA. 013
" The position of the ruins discovered by me at
Kodja Yailih quite agrees with Strabo's statement,
and with the direction in which Leake expected to
find the site of Labranda. In the first place, the
distance from Mylasa, although from three and a
half to four Turkish hours, cannot be more than
eight or nine miles in a direct line, thus corres-
ponding to the sixty-eight stades of Strabo." Again,
as to direction, the bearing from Mylasa is 24<£°
cast, or about 13° east, allowing for the variation
of the conrpass. Now, a line drawn from Mylasa
in this direction would pass close to Arab Ilissar,
where (according to Colonel Leake's opinion) stood
Alabanda.
The ruins are very finely situated near the sum-
mit of the Kodja Yailih mountains, the ancient
Mount Latmus, according to Kiepert. A principal
ravine opens from it down to the valley of Mylasa.
" The site is covered with ruins of massive Hel-
lenic masonry, some of which appear to have been
terrace walls. The most important of these ruins is
that of a small distyle temple in antis, consisting of a
pronaos and cella, with a square recess at the end.
The length of the cella inside the walls is 38' 3" by
a width of 33' 6". The doorway is 12' 2" in width.
Two lintel stones still stretch across the top. The
height of the doorway is about 18'. The flanking
walls consist of twelve courses, each about 1 J' dee,]).
The thickness of this wall is 6' V. Beyond the
doorway the side walls of the pronaos extend 10' 8".
n Strabo's statement is confirmed by -rEliaa de Nat. Animal, xii.
30, who gives the distance from Mylasa as seventy stades.
" The position of the ruins discovered by me at
Kodja Yailih quite agrees with Strabo's statement,
and with the direction in which Leake expected to
find the site of Labranda. In the first place, the
distance from Mylasa, although from three and a
half to four Turkish hours, cannot be more than
eight or nine miles in a direct line, thus corres-
ponding to the sixty-eight stades of Strabo." Again,
as to direction, the bearing from Mylasa is 24<£°
cast, or about 13° east, allowing for the variation
of the conrpass. Now, a line drawn from Mylasa
in this direction would pass close to Arab Ilissar,
where (according to Colonel Leake's opinion) stood
Alabanda.
The ruins are very finely situated near the sum-
mit of the Kodja Yailih mountains, the ancient
Mount Latmus, according to Kiepert. A principal
ravine opens from it down to the valley of Mylasa.
" The site is covered with ruins of massive Hel-
lenic masonry, some of which appear to have been
terrace walls. The most important of these ruins is
that of a small distyle temple in antis, consisting of a
pronaos and cella, with a square recess at the end.
The length of the cella inside the walls is 38' 3" by
a width of 33' 6". The doorway is 12' 2" in width.
Two lintel stones still stretch across the top. The
height of the doorway is about 18'. The flanking
walls consist of twelve courses, each about 1 J' dee,]).
The thickness of this wall is 6' V. Beyond the
doorway the side walls of the pronaos extend 10' 8".
n Strabo's statement is confirmed by -rEliaa de Nat. Animal, xii.
30, who gives the distance from Mylasa as seventy stades.