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CHAPTER XVI
THE PENTAPOLIS OF PHRYGIA
§ 1. Geography of trie Glaukos Valley p. 677. § 2. The Pentapolis of Phrygia
p. 678. § 3. Hieropolis or Hierapolis p. 679. § 4. Brouzos p. 683. § 5.
Otrous p. 686. § 6. Stektorion p. 689. § 7. Eukarpia p. 690. § 8. Lykaones
p. 693. § 9. The Turkish Conquest p. 695.
Appendices : I. Inscriptions p. 698. II. Bishops p. 706. III. Routes p. 707.
§ 1. Geography oe the Glaukos Valley. The chief sources of
the Glaukos1 river are in a lofty chain of bare rocky volcanic moun-
tains running due N. as far as Afion-Kara-Hissar. The main mass
of the chain is some distance S. of that city, between Brouzos and
Synnada. Towards N. it ends in a line of isolated conical hills pro-
truding like columns out of the flat soil of the Kara-Hissar plain (like
the grander line of cones stretching NE. from Kara-Dagh across the
plain of Lycaonia). Towards S. it passes into Gumalar-Dagh, a chain
of quite different character, grass-covered lofty hills and high-lying
valleys, green and often marshy. Further to S., Gumalar-Dagh sinks
into more bald and rounded hills, which separate Tchul-Ovasi
(Metropolis) from Dombai-Ovasi (Aurokra). As we crossed the
Gumalar-Dagh in 1891 from the Pentapolis to Metropolis2, the
aneroid indicated a summit level of 6,600 ft., with hills rising further
above our path, and at 6,000 ft. we were crossing a beautiful open glen,
entirely surrounded by hills, a mere marsh in the middle, dotted over
with the black tents of the nomad mountaineers. But crossing more
to S. from Metropolis towards Duz-Bel in 1883 the summit was barely
4,500, and on the Eastern Highway between Aurokra and Metropolis3
in 1881 only 3,900.
1 The name Glaukos is used with re- also gone over the passes that lead from
serve, as it is possible that Kloudros was the Synnada valley to Sandykli (1881),
the name of the river. See Ch. X § 1. from Saoran on the extremest N. branch
2 On a line direct from Hieropolis to of the Glaukos by an easy crossing to
Metropolis (ascending from Karghyn, Synnada (1883), and from Saoran direct
descending on Yiprak). across the mountains to Afion-Kara-
3 Besides these three crossings, I have Hissar (1887): but I had not an aneroid.
THE PENTAPOLIS OF PHRYGIA
§ 1. Geography of trie Glaukos Valley p. 677. § 2. The Pentapolis of Phrygia
p. 678. § 3. Hieropolis or Hierapolis p. 679. § 4. Brouzos p. 683. § 5.
Otrous p. 686. § 6. Stektorion p. 689. § 7. Eukarpia p. 690. § 8. Lykaones
p. 693. § 9. The Turkish Conquest p. 695.
Appendices : I. Inscriptions p. 698. II. Bishops p. 706. III. Routes p. 707.
§ 1. Geography oe the Glaukos Valley. The chief sources of
the Glaukos1 river are in a lofty chain of bare rocky volcanic moun-
tains running due N. as far as Afion-Kara-Hissar. The main mass
of the chain is some distance S. of that city, between Brouzos and
Synnada. Towards N. it ends in a line of isolated conical hills pro-
truding like columns out of the flat soil of the Kara-Hissar plain (like
the grander line of cones stretching NE. from Kara-Dagh across the
plain of Lycaonia). Towards S. it passes into Gumalar-Dagh, a chain
of quite different character, grass-covered lofty hills and high-lying
valleys, green and often marshy. Further to S., Gumalar-Dagh sinks
into more bald and rounded hills, which separate Tchul-Ovasi
(Metropolis) from Dombai-Ovasi (Aurokra). As we crossed the
Gumalar-Dagh in 1891 from the Pentapolis to Metropolis2, the
aneroid indicated a summit level of 6,600 ft., with hills rising further
above our path, and at 6,000 ft. we were crossing a beautiful open glen,
entirely surrounded by hills, a mere marsh in the middle, dotted over
with the black tents of the nomad mountaineers. But crossing more
to S. from Metropolis towards Duz-Bel in 1883 the summit was barely
4,500, and on the Eastern Highway between Aurokra and Metropolis3
in 1881 only 3,900.
1 The name Glaukos is used with re- also gone over the passes that lead from
serve, as it is possible that Kloudros was the Synnada valley to Sandykli (1881),
the name of the river. See Ch. X § 1. from Saoran on the extremest N. branch
2 On a line direct from Hieropolis to of the Glaukos by an easy crossing to
Metropolis (ascending from Karghyn, Synnada (1883), and from Saoran direct
descending on Yiprak). across the mountains to Afion-Kara-
3 Besides these three crossings, I have Hissar (1887): but I had not an aneroid.