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CHAPTER I.
Historical Sketch of EriiESUS.
TllK ancient city of Ephesus was situated on the river
Cayster, which falls into the bay of Scala Nova on the
western coast of Asia Minor. The traditional birthplace
of the goddess Diana was in the Ephesian territory, and
is described by Strabo as a thick wood, through which
ran the river Cenchrius, near to which there was a
mountain called Solmissus. The wood, the river, and
the mountain were most probably in the immediate
vicinity of the site which was afterwards selected for the
temple dedicated to Diana, and which has now been
located to the north-east of the city, and nearly a mile
from the nearest gate.
A city of more or less importance had probably
existed in the Ephesian territory for several centuries,
before Androclus, the Athenian, with his followers,
came and settled there, and thus founded one of the
twelve cities of the Ionian Confederation, B.C. 1044. The
Dorian migration dates back to a period sixty years
earlier. According to Herodotus, they colonized the
western coast of Asia Minor, and probably settled as far
north as Ephesus. Pausanias tells us that Androclus
drove out of the country the Pydians and others who
dwelt in the upper city, but he suffered those who
resided about the temple to remain undisturbed upon
Historical Sketch of EriiESUS.
TllK ancient city of Ephesus was situated on the river
Cayster, which falls into the bay of Scala Nova on the
western coast of Asia Minor. The traditional birthplace
of the goddess Diana was in the Ephesian territory, and
is described by Strabo as a thick wood, through which
ran the river Cenchrius, near to which there was a
mountain called Solmissus. The wood, the river, and
the mountain were most probably in the immediate
vicinity of the site which was afterwards selected for the
temple dedicated to Diana, and which has now been
located to the north-east of the city, and nearly a mile
from the nearest gate.
A city of more or less importance had probably
existed in the Ephesian territory for several centuries,
before Androclus, the Athenian, with his followers,
came and settled there, and thus founded one of the
twelve cities of the Ionian Confederation, B.C. 1044. The
Dorian migration dates back to a period sixty years
earlier. According to Herodotus, they colonized the
western coast of Asia Minor, and probably settled as far
north as Ephesus. Pausanias tells us that Androclus
drove out of the country the Pydians and others who
dwelt in the upper city, but he suffered those who
resided about the temple to remain undisturbed upon