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10. LAMPE. 229
places on the road from Khonai are easily determined. One was
Graos Gala, of which nothing is known; and between Lampe and
Graos Gala was Kharax, a town or fort which was held by the Turks 1,
and vainly attacked by the Byzantine troops on the last occasion
when they ventured east of the Lycos valley, 1187. We must con-
clude that unless Kharax was a later name for the old site at Sari-
Kavak, it is the same as Tchardak; and the similarity of names
makes it practically certain that Tchardak is a turcized form of the
Greek word. If that is so, Graos Gala must be the pass leading up
from Kizil-Kaklik to Eash-Tcheshme. The water-course down the
pass is dry throughout the year, except immediately after rain; and
this suggested to the rustic wit of the natives the title Graos Gala.
These situations correspond well with the story given by Nicetas
p. 255. Andronicus, on a sudden alarm that the Turks of Kharax were
attacking him, galloped off without stopping towards Khonai; and,
then finding that his horse was still able to proceed, he continued his
headlong flight to Laodiceia. It is implied that the ride was a long
one, but that it was done at one continuous effort2. See Ch. I § 11.
This Kharax near lake Anava is probably the same as the ' Kharax
of Alexander,' which is mentioned by Stephanus as a place near
Kelainai, where Alexander, son of Philip, encamped. There has been
a good deal of confusion, both in ancient and in modern times, between
the two salt-lakes, Anava and Askania ; and probably the legend grew
in Roman times that Kharax beside lake Anava was the ' stockade of
Alexander.' Cities like Pisidian Apollonia manufactured legends to
connect themselves with Alexander the Great3; and probably both
the Kharax and the Pandokeion of Alexander+ are examples of similar
late legends. Alexander had marched along lake Askania; but the
neighbouring lake Anava also was made to claim some connexion
with him (see p. 299).
The plain on the west side of the lake, Hambat-Kiri, does not
appear to have contained a city which coined money or was ranked
as a bishopric. In that case it must have been under the influence of
1 t<hv tv ra XdpaKi Tovpnav Nicet. p. of Apameia as Kharax was west, pre-
255. tended to be a foundation of Alexander,
2 Andronicus had not actually gone though it is certain that he never was
as far as Kharax, when he turned; he there, and improbable in the last degree
seems to have got on to the upper plain, that he had any connexion with its
which would give a ride of near 30 miles foundation.
to Laodiceia. The passage of Nicetas is 4 Mentioned by Appian Mithr. 20 as
worth reading; it shows much humour near Leontoskephalai (which was beside
and sarcasm. the northern Metropolis of Phrygia near
J Apollonia, a city almost as far east Ayaz-Inn).
places on the road from Khonai are easily determined. One was
Graos Gala, of which nothing is known; and between Lampe and
Graos Gala was Kharax, a town or fort which was held by the Turks 1,
and vainly attacked by the Byzantine troops on the last occasion
when they ventured east of the Lycos valley, 1187. We must con-
clude that unless Kharax was a later name for the old site at Sari-
Kavak, it is the same as Tchardak; and the similarity of names
makes it practically certain that Tchardak is a turcized form of the
Greek word. If that is so, Graos Gala must be the pass leading up
from Kizil-Kaklik to Eash-Tcheshme. The water-course down the
pass is dry throughout the year, except immediately after rain; and
this suggested to the rustic wit of the natives the title Graos Gala.
These situations correspond well with the story given by Nicetas
p. 255. Andronicus, on a sudden alarm that the Turks of Kharax were
attacking him, galloped off without stopping towards Khonai; and,
then finding that his horse was still able to proceed, he continued his
headlong flight to Laodiceia. It is implied that the ride was a long
one, but that it was done at one continuous effort2. See Ch. I § 11.
This Kharax near lake Anava is probably the same as the ' Kharax
of Alexander,' which is mentioned by Stephanus as a place near
Kelainai, where Alexander, son of Philip, encamped. There has been
a good deal of confusion, both in ancient and in modern times, between
the two salt-lakes, Anava and Askania ; and probably the legend grew
in Roman times that Kharax beside lake Anava was the ' stockade of
Alexander.' Cities like Pisidian Apollonia manufactured legends to
connect themselves with Alexander the Great3; and probably both
the Kharax and the Pandokeion of Alexander+ are examples of similar
late legends. Alexander had marched along lake Askania; but the
neighbouring lake Anava also was made to claim some connexion
with him (see p. 299).
The plain on the west side of the lake, Hambat-Kiri, does not
appear to have contained a city which coined money or was ranked
as a bishopric. In that case it must have been under the influence of
1 t<hv tv ra XdpaKi Tovpnav Nicet. p. of Apameia as Kharax was west, pre-
255. tended to be a foundation of Alexander,
2 Andronicus had not actually gone though it is certain that he never was
as far as Kharax, when he turned; he there, and improbable in the last degree
seems to have got on to the upper plain, that he had any connexion with its
which would give a ride of near 30 miles foundation.
to Laodiceia. The passage of Nicetas is 4 Mentioned by Appian Mithr. 20 as
worth reading; it shows much humour near Leontoskephalai (which was beside
and sarcasm. the northern Metropolis of Phrygia near
J Apollonia, a city almost as far east Ayaz-Inn).