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748 XVIII. LINE OF TRADE-ROUTE TO THE EAST.
various names, especially Oinan-Ova. At 50 miles, it passes (at
a level of 3700 ft.) under the village KararDil-li, high on the right,
and, soon after, Oinan and Aresli, between which was the ancient
Lysias. It then crosses (about 54 miles) another ridge, and enters the
long valley, Karamyk-Ova, stretching towards N.E., whose water
gathers in a lake and great marsh at the S.W. end beside Geneli, about
3300 ft. Towards the ISLE, end is Earadja-Euren, near an ancient site
(where formerly I wrongly placed Lysias), 745 miles; and soon after the
railway ascends a low gently sloping ridge past Bazar-Agatch (Holmoi),
descends sharply into the great plain of Phrygia-Paroreios, and reaches
Tchai, 3286 ft. (perhaps Julia-Ipsos), at 82 miles from Apameia (pro-
bably 71 by road).
This line is clearly marked by nature. It is hemmed in on the
right side by a lofty ridge, which, under the names Eilij-Takhan,
Eorru, and Eara-Kush, extends from the knot of mountains near
Ai-Doghmush on S.W. to join Sultan-Dagh (the great ridge bounding
Paroreios on W.) on N.E. Trade by waggons could never cross this
high and steep ridge; and hence the trade-route had to keep away
round Eorru- and Sultan-Dagh through a succession of valleys.
In the valleys along this great road, we should expect to find
a series of cities; but evidence is very defective. In Earamyk-Ova,
no proper explorations have ever been made; I traversed it once, in
1883, under unpropitious conditions1; and (as I now know from
longer experience) I went along the side on which Greek foundations
need not be looked for, viz. the higher-lying side (see Ch. XVII §1,2).
In that great valley more than one site must be discoverable. Ein-
naborion is the only ancient name that can be assigned with any
confidence to this valley; and it is more likely to be on the S. side
than up near Earadja-Euren.
Gungermez-Ova is probably too small to have contained an ancient
city ; but both Tchul-Ova and Oinan-Ova are likely to have held
each more than one.
StraboJs interesting account of this great road contains a serious
error in one of the numbers. The stages are
(1) Ephesos to Earoura—740 stadia.
(2) Earoura by Apameia, Metropolis, Ehelidonia, Holmoi—920 st.
1 I was travelling with only one vant, a Turk, was afraid of the Circas-
servant, making an experiment for sians, who have a village in the finest
economy's sake, which proved quite part of the valley, and would not go
unsatisfactory. The weather was also near them,
bad and rainy; and, finally, my ser-
various names, especially Oinan-Ova. At 50 miles, it passes (at
a level of 3700 ft.) under the village KararDil-li, high on the right,
and, soon after, Oinan and Aresli, between which was the ancient
Lysias. It then crosses (about 54 miles) another ridge, and enters the
long valley, Karamyk-Ova, stretching towards N.E., whose water
gathers in a lake and great marsh at the S.W. end beside Geneli, about
3300 ft. Towards the ISLE, end is Earadja-Euren, near an ancient site
(where formerly I wrongly placed Lysias), 745 miles; and soon after the
railway ascends a low gently sloping ridge past Bazar-Agatch (Holmoi),
descends sharply into the great plain of Phrygia-Paroreios, and reaches
Tchai, 3286 ft. (perhaps Julia-Ipsos), at 82 miles from Apameia (pro-
bably 71 by road).
This line is clearly marked by nature. It is hemmed in on the
right side by a lofty ridge, which, under the names Eilij-Takhan,
Eorru, and Eara-Kush, extends from the knot of mountains near
Ai-Doghmush on S.W. to join Sultan-Dagh (the great ridge bounding
Paroreios on W.) on N.E. Trade by waggons could never cross this
high and steep ridge; and hence the trade-route had to keep away
round Eorru- and Sultan-Dagh through a succession of valleys.
In the valleys along this great road, we should expect to find
a series of cities; but evidence is very defective. In Earamyk-Ova,
no proper explorations have ever been made; I traversed it once, in
1883, under unpropitious conditions1; and (as I now know from
longer experience) I went along the side on which Greek foundations
need not be looked for, viz. the higher-lying side (see Ch. XVII §1,2).
In that great valley more than one site must be discoverable. Ein-
naborion is the only ancient name that can be assigned with any
confidence to this valley; and it is more likely to be on the S. side
than up near Earadja-Euren.
Gungermez-Ova is probably too small to have contained an ancient
city ; but both Tchul-Ova and Oinan-Ova are likely to have held
each more than one.
StraboJs interesting account of this great road contains a serious
error in one of the numbers. The stages are
(1) Ephesos to Earoura—740 stadia.
(2) Earoura by Apameia, Metropolis, Ehelidonia, Holmoi—920 st.
1 I was travelling with only one vant, a Turk, was afraid of the Circas-
servant, making an experiment for sians, who have a village in the finest
economy's sake, which proved quite part of the valley, and would not go
unsatisfactory. The weather was also near them,
bad and rainy; and, finally, my ser-