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igo V. PHRYGIAN CITIES OF THE LOWER MAEANDER.
M. Waddmgton; and further evidence was discovered by Sterrett in
May 1884, and by MM. Paris and Holleaux soon afterwards. The river
Timeles flowed through the territory of the city: it was a tributary of
the Harpasos. Coins of Herakleia mention the name TIM€AHC. The
river is also mentioned on coins and inscriptions of Aphrodisias, and the
unusual fact that cities of different valleys mention the same river has
caused many errors 1. The facts are as follows. The Timeles rises in the
high pass which separates the valley of Aphrodisias (1 700 feet) from that
of Herakleia and Tabai. which is fully j oco feet higher. The water supply
at Aphrodisias was bad ; and in the second century M. Ulpius Karminius
Claudianus made an aqueduct to bring water from the high-lying springs
of the Timeles to the city. M. Waddington considers that the Timeles
was ' a small watercourse which traversed also the territory of Aphro-
disias '; but this does not correspond to the facts.
73. The following inscription may perhaps be restored to Herakleia.
It is published in Ath. Mittk. 1885 p. 278, and in Mohs. Smyrn. no. t>y';
as of Tralleis. "Abpaaros ' Abpd[o-]rov rod ' Abp6.o~ro\y] Aap.6.\u>v iepo? veiKq.
tt)v Tpirrjv rrepiobov rav Xap-p.iSeuoi' Traibcuv navKpanov' ayoovodtrovvros Ylo.
AiA(tou) AovKiXtavov AlovvctloV e~rup.e\r]9i£vTos rfjs avao-rao-eoos rod avbpidvros
ASpacrrou rod (ASpaoTou) rod irarpbs avrov. The sense of AafidXcov is
obscure; it probably agrees with the preceding genitives, and means
that Adrastos Damalos was the name of both father and grandfather.
On Upos see Ch. IV § 9 and no. 38. The present case is important as
showing that a hieros might be a citizen of good family.
The name Charmides was very common at Herakleia, and was borne
there by persons of high position. We find a father and a son of the name,
each of whom was prytanis and stephanephoros (BCH 1885 p. 337).
Other persons of rank named Charmides occur CIG 3953 b, Wadd.
1698 bis. Hence it is probable that the games Charmideia were an
institution of that city. It is uncertain where the inscription was found.
An inscription in honour of a victor at these games may have been
erected in his own city, as well as in the city where they were held; but
the want of any ethnic seems to show that Adrastos was a citizen of the
city where the games were held. It seems therefore probable that the
1 Prof. G. Hirschfeld lias got rid of that separates the two cities, and repre-
all difficulty. Defiant of geography he sents this fictitious river as flowing
has boldly made the Timeles flow from beside his line of march. Apparently
Herakleia to Aphrodisias; and it is so he had not made sufficiently careful
represented on the map accompanying observations on his journey; and after-
his account of his explorations. He wards in his study he excogitated the
actually traversed the high-lying pass river on the evidence of the coins.
M. Waddmgton; and further evidence was discovered by Sterrett in
May 1884, and by MM. Paris and Holleaux soon afterwards. The river
Timeles flowed through the territory of the city: it was a tributary of
the Harpasos. Coins of Herakleia mention the name TIM€AHC. The
river is also mentioned on coins and inscriptions of Aphrodisias, and the
unusual fact that cities of different valleys mention the same river has
caused many errors 1. The facts are as follows. The Timeles rises in the
high pass which separates the valley of Aphrodisias (1 700 feet) from that
of Herakleia and Tabai. which is fully j oco feet higher. The water supply
at Aphrodisias was bad ; and in the second century M. Ulpius Karminius
Claudianus made an aqueduct to bring water from the high-lying springs
of the Timeles to the city. M. Waddington considers that the Timeles
was ' a small watercourse which traversed also the territory of Aphro-
disias '; but this does not correspond to the facts.
73. The following inscription may perhaps be restored to Herakleia.
It is published in Ath. Mittk. 1885 p. 278, and in Mohs. Smyrn. no. t>y';
as of Tralleis. "Abpaaros ' Abpd[o-]rov rod ' Abp6.o~ro\y] Aap.6.\u>v iepo? veiKq.
tt)v Tpirrjv rrepiobov rav Xap-p.iSeuoi' Traibcuv navKpanov' ayoovodtrovvros Ylo.
AiA(tou) AovKiXtavov AlovvctloV e~rup.e\r]9i£vTos rfjs avao-rao-eoos rod avbpidvros
ASpacrrou rod (ASpaoTou) rod irarpbs avrov. The sense of AafidXcov is
obscure; it probably agrees with the preceding genitives, and means
that Adrastos Damalos was the name of both father and grandfather.
On Upos see Ch. IV § 9 and no. 38. The present case is important as
showing that a hieros might be a citizen of good family.
The name Charmides was very common at Herakleia, and was borne
there by persons of high position. We find a father and a son of the name,
each of whom was prytanis and stephanephoros (BCH 1885 p. 337).
Other persons of rank named Charmides occur CIG 3953 b, Wadd.
1698 bis. Hence it is probable that the games Charmideia were an
institution of that city. It is uncertain where the inscription was found.
An inscription in honour of a victor at these games may have been
erected in his own city, as well as in the city where they were held; but
the want of any ethnic seems to show that Adrastos was a citizen of the
city where the games were held. It seems therefore probable that the
1 Prof. G. Hirschfeld lias got rid of that separates the two cities, and repre-
all difficulty. Defiant of geography he sents this fictitious river as flowing
has boldly made the Timeles flow from beside his line of march. Apparently
Herakleia to Aphrodisias; and it is so he had not made sufficiently careful
represented on the map accompanying observations on his journey; and after-
his account of his explorations. He wards in his study he excogitated the
actually traversed the high-lying pass river on the evidence of the coins.