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 494 ORXr. clearly to mean that, while the other Cynurians be- came Perioeci, the Orneatae continued independent, — an interpretation which is in accordance with the account of Thucydides. (Miiller, Aeyiiietica, p. 48, seq., Dorians, iii. 4. § 2: Arnold, ad Thuc. v. 67.) With respect to the site of Oineae we learn from Pausanias (v. 25. § 5) that it was situated on the confines of Phliasia and Sicyonia, at the distance of 120 stadia from Argos, being 60 stadia from Lyr- ceia, which was also 60 stadia from Argos. Strabo (viii. p. 382) says that Orneae was situated on a river of the same name above the plain of the Sicy- (inians; for the other passage of Strabo (viii. p. 578), ■which states that Orneae lay between Corinth and Sicyon, and that it was not mentioned by Homer, is probably an interpolation. (See Kramer's Strabo, vol. ii. p. 186.) Orneae stood on the northern of the two roads, which led from Argos to JIantineia. This northern road was called Climax, and followed tiie course of the Inachus. [Argos, p. 201.] Ross supposes Orneae to have been situated on the river, which tlows from the south by the village of Lionti and which helps to form the western arm of the Asopus. Leake places it too far to the east on the direct road from Argos to Phlius. (Ross, Reisen im Peloponnes, p. 1.35; comp. Leake, Morea, vol. ii. p. 351, vol iii. p. 414.) ORNI COfU'Oi), a town of Thrace mentioned onlv by Hieroclfcs (p. 632). [T. H. D.] ORNIACI (JOpviaKui, Ptol. ii. 6. §32), a tribe of the Astures in Hispania Tarraconensis. Their chief town was Intercatia. [T. H. D.j ORNI'THON POLIS (^Opviduv irdMs), a city of the Sidonians, according to Scylax (ap. Reland, Palaest. p. 431). It is placed more exactly by Strabo between Tyre and Sidon (p. 758). Pliny mentions together '' Sarepta et Ornithon oppida et Sidon" (v. 19.) Reland suggests that it may be " Tarnegola superior," which the Talmud places above Caesarea; Tarnegola in Hebrew being equiva- lent to the Gallus of Latin = opviOa in Greek. (^Palaest. p. 916.) Dr. Rubins on, following Pococke, conjectures that it may be represented by an ancient site on the shore of the Phoenician plain, where he noticed "the traces of a former site called 'Adldn, consisting of confused heaps of stones, with several old wells." There are also " many sepulchral grottoes, hewn out of the hard limestone rock," in the precipitous base of the projecting mountain which here approaches the coast, — furnishing clear indications of an ancient city in the vicinity. (^Bib. Res. vol. iii. p. 411, and note 2; Pococke, Observations, vol. ii. p. 84.) [G.W.] OROANDA, a town in the mountains of Pisidia, near the south-western shore of lake Trogitis (Liv. sxxviii. 37. 39; Piin. v. 24). From this town the whole district derived the name of Oroandicus tractus, the inhabitants of which, called Oroandenses or Oro- andici (^'OpoavSLKoi or 'Opoav5e~ts}, possessed, besides the chief town Oroanda, also Rlisthia and Pappa (Liv. xxxviii. 18, 19; Polyb. xxii. 25; Ptoh r. 4. §12). Hamilton {Researches, i. p. 478) believes that the ruins he found on the slope of a hill near lake Egerdir, may mark the site of Oroanda: but it ■would seem that its remains must be looked for a little further east. [L. S.] OROATIS. [Arosis.] OKO'BIAE (^Op6§iaC), a town on the western coast of Enboea, between Aedepsus and Aegae, which possessed an oracle of Apollo Selinuntius. (Sixab. X. p. 445 comp. ix. p. 405.) The town ORONTES. was partly destroyed by an earthquake and an inundation of the sea in b. c. 426. (Thuc. iii. 89.) This town seems to be the one mentioned by Ste- phanus under the name of Orope (^Opdinf), who de- scribes it as " a city of Euboea, having a very re- nowned temple of Apollo." (Steph. B. s. v. KopdirTj.) There are some remains of the walls of Oriibiae at Rovits, which word is only a corruption of the an- cient name, (Leake, Northern Greece vol. ii. p. 176.) ORO'BII, a tribe of Cisalpine Gauls, mentioned only by Pliny (iii. 17. s. 21), upon the authority of Cato, who said that Bergomum and Comum had been founded by them, as well as Forum Licinii, by which he must mean the Gaulish town that pre- ceded the Roman settlement of that name. Their original abode, according to Cato, was at a place called Barra, situated high up in the mountains; but he professed himself unable to point out their origin and descent. The statement that they were a Greek people, advanced by Cornelius Alex- ander (ap. PUn. I. c), is evidently a mere infe- rence from the name, which was probably corrupted or distorted with that very view. [E. H. B.] OROBIS, or ORBIS ('Opogis), a river of Narbo- nensis in Gallia. Ptolemy (ii. 10. § 2) places the outlet of the Orobis between the mouth of the Atax {Aiule') and the Arauris {HerauW), which shows that it is the Orhe. In Strabo's text (iv. p. 182) it is written Obris, which Groskurd unnecessarily corrects, for Orbis and Obris were probably used in- ditferently, and it seems that Obris is the original reading in Mela (ii. 5, ed. J. Vossius, note). Mela says that the Orbis flows past Baeterrae {Bcziers), and Strabo also places Baeterrae on the Orbis. In the Ora Jlaritima (v. 590) the name is Orobis. The Orbe rises in the Cevennes in the north-west part of the department of Herault, and has a very winding course in the upper part. It is above 60 miles long. [G. L.] OROLAUNUM, in the north part of Gallia, is placed by the Antonine Itin. on a road from Duro- cortorum (Reims') to Trier. It is placed halfway between Epoissum {fptsch) and Andethanna, which D'Anville supposes to be Epternach, by which he means Echternach : others place An- dethanna about Anwen. The name Arlon clearly represents Orolaunum, where Roman remains, as it is said, have been found. Arlon is in the duchy of Luxemburg. [G. L.] OROMARSACI, a people of North Gallia, whose position is thus described by Pliny (iv. c. 17), who is proceeding in his description from the Schelde southwards: — "Deinde Menapii, Morini, Oromansaci juncto pago qui Gessoriacus vocatur." In Harduin's text the name is written Oromansaci, and yet he says that the MSS. have Oromarsaci. The name is otherwise unknown. D'Anville supposes that the name Oro-marsaci is represented by the name of a tract of country between Calais and Gravelines which is Mark or Merk, and borders on the Bou- lonnois, in which the pagus Gessoriacus was. [Ges- soRiACUM.] This is mere guess, but it is all that we can have. [G. L.j ORONTES ('Op6vTr]s), the most renowned river of Syria, used by the poet Juvenal for the country, " in Tiberim defluxit Orontes." (Juv. iii.) Ita original name, according to Strabo, was Typhon (Tvcpu)!'), and his account both of its earlier and later names, follows his description of Antioch. " The river Orontes flows near the city. This