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4 INTRODUCTION.
In 1861, the Dilettanti Society being desirous of obtaining further information as to the state of the sites
of certain ancient temples, commissioned me to visit them, and report to them as to the desirability of excavation
at the following places :—
The Temple of Bacchus at Teos, which, though it had been visited by a former mission, had not been
thoroughly explored.
The Temple of Apollo Smintheus in the Troad, the remains of which had been discovered by Captain
Spratt.1
The Temple of Minerva at Pricne, and that of Apollo Branchidse at Miletus, which had been visited
by the Budrum Expedition.
During the journeys necessary for exploration, I visited the whole coast northward to the Troad from the
point that had been reached by Mr. Newton, and in this manner, from the Gulf of Mendelet to Cape Lectum,
on the north side of the Gulf of Adrymittium, completed a survey of the coasts of Caria, Ionia, and JEolia,
where we know the finest buildings erected by the Greek colonists formerly existed.
Upon the receipt of my report, the Dilettanti Society resolved to have the site of the Temple of
Bacchus at Teos thoroughly excavated. This was done by me in the spring of 1860, and the details obtained
enabled me to complete a restoration of this celebrated building, which I have reason to believe will eventually
be published.
In the present work illustrations of the finest examples of temples and other edifices measured by M. Texier
will be found, accompanied by short descriptions taken from his writings and from those of other travellers
in Asia Minor, and preceded by an outline of the various excursions made by me for the survey of the coast.
This, it is hoped, may prove not uninstructive to the general reader, and may add some little to what is
already known of the antiquities of this most interesting country.
The accompanying map shows the various routes followed, and also the principal excursions of the
Budrum Expedition.
1 See Transactions of the Royal Society of Literature, vol. in.
In 1861, the Dilettanti Society being desirous of obtaining further information as to the state of the sites
of certain ancient temples, commissioned me to visit them, and report to them as to the desirability of excavation
at the following places :—
The Temple of Bacchus at Teos, which, though it had been visited by a former mission, had not been
thoroughly explored.
The Temple of Apollo Smintheus in the Troad, the remains of which had been discovered by Captain
Spratt.1
The Temple of Minerva at Pricne, and that of Apollo Branchidse at Miletus, which had been visited
by the Budrum Expedition.
During the journeys necessary for exploration, I visited the whole coast northward to the Troad from the
point that had been reached by Mr. Newton, and in this manner, from the Gulf of Mendelet to Cape Lectum,
on the north side of the Gulf of Adrymittium, completed a survey of the coasts of Caria, Ionia, and JEolia,
where we know the finest buildings erected by the Greek colonists formerly existed.
Upon the receipt of my report, the Dilettanti Society resolved to have the site of the Temple of
Bacchus at Teos thoroughly excavated. This was done by me in the spring of 1860, and the details obtained
enabled me to complete a restoration of this celebrated building, which I have reason to believe will eventually
be published.
In the present work illustrations of the finest examples of temples and other edifices measured by M. Texier
will be found, accompanied by short descriptions taken from his writings and from those of other travellers
in Asia Minor, and preceded by an outline of the various excursions made by me for the survey of the coast.
This, it is hoped, may prove not uninstructive to the general reader, and may add some little to what is
already known of the antiquities of this most interesting country.
The accompanying map shows the various routes followed, and also the principal excursions of the
Budrum Expedition.
1 See Transactions of the Royal Society of Literature, vol. in.