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 us ANTIOCHEIA. occupatiiHi V Ibrahim Ptsbx in 1S32, ud Ibe Ea- phnlei fipedilion, condiKlsd by Col. CbesKj. (See the recestlj published volumea, London, 1890.) The uuKied ligure lepreieiiU the Genim of An- (iocA, — for BO with Amjniiiniig Muixlliuui (niiiL 1), s notiie of the pkce we ma; traDblsW tha T^XI ^'^^^ o;^tfai or the tknioua oJlegoncal ataton, wluc:h jieraonifiod the ciLj It wis the work of Eatjchidea of Scjon, • pnj^l of Lrsippus, whose Bchool of art *M cioselj connected with the Mnce- doLiion princes. It leptescnted Ajilioch as a female fiRiire, MSlcd on the rock Silpios and crowned with towcn, with ears of com, and lometunea a palm branch ui her hand, and with the river Oraate> at licr feoC Thii Ggnra appears constantly ca the later coina of Antioch ; and it JB said to Ewve somc- timea decraaled the official chairs of the Romao praelon in the procinces, in conjunction with npre- scntations of Rome, Aleiandrcia, and Constsntinopla. The engrariDR here given ia from a atalue rf tha thne of Srptimiua Scveroa in the Vatican. (Visconli, J/uKoi>>aCfaR«ilina,iii.46.) The onEuiil stotne was placed within a cell of four columns, open on all " " ■■ ■ ur Oron[c», and ulliinalelj lithtQ _ .. ., an oF (he ancient citj is given in Michnud'a BUtoire del Crouada fvoL iL). Bat the best ia in C. 0. MUller'e Antvpitota Anlio- chtnae (Gottingen, 1639), from which onm is taken. Mliller'a work conia la all the alcnals for the 1 ^ tory of Antuch citj is gii id IIdwjoi ANnOCHEIA. 1. C. 2, UvoDOKiAE. [Nisints.] 3. CluciAE, is iJaeed bj Slephan Xe) on the ril*cr Pjradius in Cilicia, anil the ! namus agrees with him. But Cramer <^ncr res (amentu(uarrKkCrapu □n the cooAt of Cilicia, between tha river Seiiau and IhefortandharbonrDfCharadma. Appian(JfitdbrTri c 96) mentionii both Cragua and Anticragns in Ci- licia as very stnmg forts; but there may be tam en™ hart Beaufort (Koromanto, p. 19S) foo- jectures that the site may be between Siia.13 ud Karadran (the Chaiadroa of Stiabo); be observed several rnlumna there '^ whoee ahafla wen lin^ blocks of polishod red granite." A aqnan dif, Iha lop of which pnijecU mto the sm, has bea fbili- £cd. There is also a Qight of steps cut io the rack leading from the landing place to the giMt. 6. Ad Uaeahdbuh ('A. itpit Mmiiilff), a small dt? OD the Maeaoder, in Caria. in the [ait ndjacsDt to Fbrygia. There wni a bridge UuR The city bad a large and fertile territory m biU aides of the rivei, which wu noted for its figi. The tract was snbject to eaithquakes. (Stub. p. £30.) PLny (v. afl) sap that the town was announded bj the OninEis, — or Moeynoa, as some read the nimt, — by whirh he aeema tA mean that it is intheaaglt foimed by the junction of Ibis small river wilh the Maeonder. Hamilton (^Rejearcba, 4^., voL L ^ 529) £icE the poeitioa between 4 and 5 mils SL.i Kvjfiga, " and near the month of the iKh valley of the Kara S&, which it commands, as well u the road to Ghait, the aacient Aphrodiaias." Tbe le- mains an not ctmsiderHhle. They ctmiist of tha massire walla of tha Acropolis, and an inner caillcb a mdc and baiboroua style, without any tram of Hellenic chancteri bnt there ia a stadium bujll in the aame style, and this seems to show the antiquity of both East of the acnpolis there an many nciias of arches, vaults, and aubetrocUona of boiUiegi. There ia also the site cf a small theatre. (Comp. Fellowa, Diteoveria in Lgda, p. 27.) Phny uya that Antiecheia ia where the leinu Semioelhoa (if the reading ia right) and Cnnaai tiochcia. Stephonns (i. e. 'A>Tioxe'a) ^S' that the oiigmnl name of the pUco waa Fythopolis, and that Ajitiochus sbn of Selencus built a town , which be named Antiochcin. after his mother Antiochis. The ccsisnl Cn. Maniius eniampal it Galatae(Liv. uiviiLlS), This city was the hlrtl- ploce of Diotrepbca, a distinguisbod sophist, whwo l1 Uybreaa was the gieat«£t rhetorician of Strain's ^ There are numeruUB medala of this town of Ihe imperial period. G. ILkroiasa ('a. Mafyiim), a dly n both sides of the river Marj^os, in Margiana. (Piiny, ri. 16; Strab.p.SlG.) It is said to have beoi fonndet >Y Aloiander, but hii cily having been destnijod by the barbarians, Azitiochus L Suter restored it, anl ^ve to it his own name. It lay in a fertile pbiiii surrounded by deserts ; and, to defend it agauist ii>o barbarians, AJitiochua lumnnded the plus witb i wall 1500 stadia in circnit (Strabg). Pliny, who aecms to have referred to the same sonncs as Stiabo, and perbape to others also, states (Jiat the region is' of great fertility, and surroundfd by mountains ; and ho makes the circuit 1500 stadia, but omits to men- tion this great wall, which is probably a Gctiifli. The cily naa 70 itadia in cireuiC. The river which
 * heia (n.c. 1B9) on his march against tbe