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LABRANDA. G17
that the Carians collected after their defeat by the
Persian Daurises. The grove of plane-trees was
probably situated in the ravine seen by Lieutenant
Smith below the site of the ruins. The spot was
one well chosen for the rallying-point of a race of
mountaineers like the Carians : for, though so high
above the plain, the site must have been well sup-
plied with water and pasturage,' and the approach
to it from the plain below must have been almost
impossible to an invading army, if the Carians
were posted so as to command the ravines and
passes. An inscription published by Lcbas" speaks
of the sacred land attached to this temple. It
appears from another inscription, ibid," that there
was a town or village at Labranda, the inhabitants
of which were in alliance with those of a neigh-
bouring town called Olymos, which Lebas places a
little south of Labranda and north-east of Mylasa.
JElianw states that at this temple was a spring of
clear water, containing fish with gold necklaces and
rings. It is probable that this tale refers to votive
objects thrown into the fountain, and possibly at-
tached to living fish in it. In like manner, at the
Amphiaraion near Oropus, gold and silver coins
were thrown into a fountain by the worshippers.*
It has been already remarked, ante, p. 33, that a
1 This is shown by its Turkish name Yazlik, pronounced Yailih.
See Spratfc and Forbes, Lycia, i. p. 57, where a yailih is de-
scribed as a fertile plain or basin which appears scooped out of
the summit of a mountain. Lycia has many such yailihs, where
the inhabitants retire in the summer heats.
» No. 338. y No. 334. w De Nat. Anim. xii. 30.
x Pausan. i. 34, 3.
ii. 2 s
that the Carians collected after their defeat by the
Persian Daurises. The grove of plane-trees was
probably situated in the ravine seen by Lieutenant
Smith below the site of the ruins. The spot was
one well chosen for the rallying-point of a race of
mountaineers like the Carians : for, though so high
above the plain, the site must have been well sup-
plied with water and pasturage,' and the approach
to it from the plain below must have been almost
impossible to an invading army, if the Carians
were posted so as to command the ravines and
passes. An inscription published by Lcbas" speaks
of the sacred land attached to this temple. It
appears from another inscription, ibid," that there
was a town or village at Labranda, the inhabitants
of which were in alliance with those of a neigh-
bouring town called Olymos, which Lebas places a
little south of Labranda and north-east of Mylasa.
JElianw states that at this temple was a spring of
clear water, containing fish with gold necklaces and
rings. It is probable that this tale refers to votive
objects thrown into the fountain, and possibly at-
tached to living fish in it. In like manner, at the
Amphiaraion near Oropus, gold and silver coins
were thrown into a fountain by the worshippers.*
It has been already remarked, ante, p. 33, that a
1 This is shown by its Turkish name Yazlik, pronounced Yailih.
See Spratfc and Forbes, Lycia, i. p. 57, where a yailih is de-
scribed as a fertile plain or basin which appears scooped out of
the summit of a mountain. Lycia has many such yailihs, where
the inhabitants retire in the summer heats.
» No. 338. y No. 334. w De Nat. Anim. xii. 30.
x Pausan. i. 34, 3.
ii. 2 s