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 158 APHBODI^IAS. 2. A dty of GificuL Stephanus (s, v. 'A^po- Surtis) qootes Alexander Potyhistor, who quotes Zopyrofl as ao authority for this place, being so calkd from Aphrodite, a fact which we might assume. The Stadiasmns states that Aphrodisias is nearest to Cyprus, and 500 stadia north of AxiHon, the N£. extremity of Cyprus. It is mentioned by Diodoms (xix. 61); and by Lvrj (xzxiiL 20) with Cora- cesium, Soli, and other plaoes on this coast. It seems from Pliny (v. 27, who calls it " Opfsdom Veneris ") and other authorities (it is not mentioned by Strabo) to have been situated between Celenderes and Sarpedon. It was on or near a promontory also called Aphrodisias. The site is not certain. Leake supposes that the cape near the Papadula rocks was the promontory Aphrodisias, and that some vestiges of the town may be found near the harbour behind tbeci^. (See also Beanfbrt'siTaramantia, p. 211.) 3. A promontory on the SW. coast of Caria (Meb^ i. 16; Plin. v. 28), between the gulfii of Schoenus and Thymnias. llie modem name is not mentioned by Hamilton, who passed round it (^Seaearches, Tol. ii. p. 72). It has sometimes been conibunded with the Cynos Sema of Strabo, which is Cape Volpo. [G. L.] APHBODI'SIAS (*A(^Suru£s), an island ad- jacent to the N. coast of Africa, marking the extent westward of the people called Giligammae (Herod, iv. 169). Ptolemy mentions it as one of the islands off the coast of Cyrenalca, calling it also Laea (Acm^ fj ^AfppoBlrris vriaosj iv. 4 § 14 ; Steph. B. 8. o.) Scylax (p. 45, Hudson, p. 109, Gronov.) places it between the Chersonosus Magna (the E. headland of Cyrenalca) and Nanstathmus (near its N. point), and mentions it as a station for ships. The anonymous Periplus gives its po- sition mors definitely, between Zephyrium and Chersis; and calls it a port, with a temple of Aphrodite. It may, perhaps, correspond wiUi the island of Al Hitra, (Mannert, voL x. pt 2. p. 80.) [P. S.] APHBODI'SIAS, in Spain. I. [Gadbs.] 2. [PoRTus Vbnbris.] APHBODrSIAS ('A^poSMrfof), a town in the S. of Laoonia, on the Boeatic gulf, said to have been founded by Aeneas. (Pans. iii. 12. § 11, viii. 12. § 8.) APHRODrSIUM. 1. ('A^poSfo-ioy, Strab. p.682; Ptol. V. 14; 'Ai^poauridr, Steph. B. s. v.: Eth. narrowest part of the island, only 70 stadia from Salamis. (D'AnviUe, in Mem, de LiU. vol. xzxii. p. 541.) [E. B. J.] 2. A small place in Arcadia, not far from Mega- lopolis, on the road to Megalopolis and Tegea. (Paus. viii. 44. § 2.) 3. [Akdea.] APHRODI'SIUS MONS (jh 'Atpponhiov Spot), a mountain in Spain, mentioned by Appian as a stronghold of Viriathus; but in a manner insuffi- cient to define its position (Iher. 64, 66). [P. S.] APHRODITES PORTUS. [Myos Hormus.] APHRODITO'POLIS, APHRODITO, VENE- RIS OPPIDUM QhippoBi-nis ir6is, 'AtppoZir6- iroAir, 'A^poSiroi: JSth. *A^>poBiT<yfrolTris)j the name of several cities in Egypt. I. In Zxnoer Egypt, 1. [Atarbschis.] 2. A town of the Nomos Leontopolites. (Stmb. xvii. p. 802.) — II. Jn the HeptcmomUf or Middle Egypt 3. Afro- DiTO {Itin, Ant. p. 168 : A0po8(T«, Hieroc. p. 730, At/yehf mounds, but no Rn.), a considerable city APIOLAE. on the E. side of the ^e; exptal of tiie Yiaam Aphroditopoltes. (Strab. xviL p. 809 ; PtoL) It was an episcopal see, down to the Arab oonqnest. Its coins are extant, of the reigns of Trajan and Hadrian, with the e^graph A^POAEITOnOAL • (Rasche, $. v.) — 3. In Upper Egypt, or the Thdau, 4. {TackUi) on the W. side of the Nils, but at some distance from the river, below Ptolemais ani Panopolis; capital of the Nomos Aphioditopolites (Plin. V. 9, 10. s. 11, VenerU Uerwn, to distiit- guish it from No. 5; Strab. xvii. p. 813; Agatharch. de Rub, Mar, p. 22; Prokesch, Erirmermgen, voL i. p. 152.) 5. {Deir, Ro.), on the W. side of the Nile, much higher up than the former, ind, like it, a little distance from the rii«r; in the Nomoe Hermonthites, between Thebes and Apol- lonopohs Magna; and a little NW. of Latopolia. (Plin. V. 10. s. 11.) [P.S.] APHTHI'TES NOMOS (6 'A^^n^s voiiis a nomoB of Lower Egypt, in the Delta, mentioDed bj Herodotus,, between those of Bubastis and Taois; but neither he nor any other writer menttons soch a city as Aphthis. The name seems to point to a chief seat of the worship of Phthah, the ^rptisB Hephaestus. (Herod, ii. 166.) [P. &] A'PHYTIS ('A^^ir, also *A^^, "A^vroj : Etk 'A^fnrrcuos, more early 'A^i/ti*^*, 'A^vreiftj, 'A^vr^ ffiox: A'thytOj Leake, Northern Greece, voL iil p. 156), a town on the eastern side of the pemnsola Pallene, in Macedonia, a little below Potidsea. (Herod, vii. 123: Thuc. i. 64; Strab. vii. pu 330.) Xenophon (JSeH, v. 3. § 19) says that it possessed a temple of Dionysius, to which the Spartan king Agesipolis desired to be removed before his death; but it was more celebrated for its temple of Animcn, whose ^ead appears on its oiins. (Pint Lyt. 20; Pans. iii. 18. § 3; Steph. B. jl0.) APFDANUS. [Enipeus.] APILA (Plakandna), a river in Pieria in Uaoe- dcHiia, rising in Mt. Olympus, and flowing into the ses near Hentcleia. (Plin. iv. 10. s. 17 ; Leake, NorAem Greece, vol. iii. pp. 405, 406.) APrOLAE ('AirfoAat: Etk. 'AwioAoi^s), an an- cient city of Latium, which took the lead among the Latin cities in the war agamst Tarquinius Piucos, and was in consequence besieged and taken by that monarch. We are told that it was razed to the ground, and its inhabitants sold into slavery ; and it is certain that we find no subsequent mention of it in. history. Yet it appears to have been pre- viously a place of some importimce, as livy tells us the spoils derived from thence enabled Tarqnin to celebrate the Lndi Magni for the first time ; while, according to Valerius of Antium, they fur- nished the funds with which be oamnenced the con- struction of th^ Capitol. (Liv. i. 35; Dion. Hal. iii. 49; Valerius, ap. Plin. iii. 5. 1. 9.) The site of a dty destroyed at so eariy a period, and not mentioned by any geographer, can scarcely be determined with any certainty; but Cell ai^ Nibby are disposed to place it at a spot about 11 miles from Rome, and a mile to the S. of the Appan Way, whero there are some rcnuuns which indicate the site of an ancient city, as weU as othera ci later Roman date. The position was (as usual) a par- tially isolated hill, rising immediately above a small stream, now called the Fosm ddle Fratocchie, which was crossed by an ancient bridge (de:»tn>yed in 1832), known as the Ponte delle Streghe. Its position would ihus be intermediate between Bo-
 * A4>poSi(ri«^s), a city of Cyprus, situated at the