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24 MODERN DISCOVERIES AT ANCIENT EPHESUS.
towers, some of which are not more than a hundred feet
apart. Near some of these towers arc the remains of
the flight of stone steps, six feet wide, which led up to
the top of the wall ; several sally-ports, four feet wide,
still remain. One or two large rock-cut cisterns also
exist on a levelled area near the wall on the highest part
of the mountain ; these doubtless supplied the garrison
with water.
The summit of Mount Prion commands a beautiful
panorama. To the south-west is seen the well-cultivated
island of Samos and the mainland beyond. Westward
is the open sea, bounded by an irregular coast-line made
historically interesting by the site of the ancient city of
Colophon, and the cave of the famous oracle of Claros.
Northward the city of Ephesus with its massive ruins
lies at your feet; the plain (T-shaped) is watered by four
rivers, three of which have ever-changing beds, and is
bounded on all sides, excepting westward, by mountains.
In the distance is seen the picturesque Tmolus range,
which carries the eye far away to the extreme distance
where often sky and mountain blend.
The true site of the temple has now been proved to be
to the north-east of the city, and nearly a mile from the
nearest city-gate, as described by Pausanias and other
ancient writers ; but there was no mound to mark the
exact site.
In the city there are many remains of ancient buildings ;
of these may be mentioned the Great Theatre on the
west side, and the Odeum, or Lyric Theatre, on the south
side of Mount Corcssus. The Great Gymnasium, another
large gymnasium near the Magnesian gate. A large
building in the forum near the Great Theatre, which
towers, some of which are not more than a hundred feet
apart. Near some of these towers arc the remains of
the flight of stone steps, six feet wide, which led up to
the top of the wall ; several sally-ports, four feet wide,
still remain. One or two large rock-cut cisterns also
exist on a levelled area near the wall on the highest part
of the mountain ; these doubtless supplied the garrison
with water.
The summit of Mount Prion commands a beautiful
panorama. To the south-west is seen the well-cultivated
island of Samos and the mainland beyond. Westward
is the open sea, bounded by an irregular coast-line made
historically interesting by the site of the ancient city of
Colophon, and the cave of the famous oracle of Claros.
Northward the city of Ephesus with its massive ruins
lies at your feet; the plain (T-shaped) is watered by four
rivers, three of which have ever-changing beds, and is
bounded on all sides, excepting westward, by mountains.
In the distance is seen the picturesque Tmolus range,
which carries the eye far away to the extreme distance
where often sky and mountain blend.
The true site of the temple has now been proved to be
to the north-east of the city, and nearly a mile from the
nearest city-gate, as described by Pausanias and other
ancient writers ; but there was no mound to mark the
exact site.
In the city there are many remains of ancient buildings ;
of these may be mentioned the Great Theatre on the
west side, and the Odeum, or Lyric Theatre, on the south
side of Mount Corcssus. The Great Gymnasium, another
large gymnasium near the Magnesian gate. A large
building in the forum near the Great Theatre, which