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 ||g.l.] OSS CLYPEA. in ths StadUsOKB, wfalch flmxt it 30 OaSt tut of tba PnamaUirj Fedmliom, pvbabl; CLYTEA. [Abtib,] CLYSUA (KACff^u), [1m nune giTcn hj EiiM- bim to Uie HennpoliUn or WMtem gnlf of the Red SSf iJiroDgh which Chfl TumeliLn pABsed m dry luidp (Omomiut.:v. SttKn^ir.) phikstorgiiu (B.E. iil. S) BJB Uut the gulf wu n called iKta the place when it lenaiDitedj which woold seem to in- dicste thit the rite of the modem Aw wu Budoitl J oocapied bj t town of thii uinie. In combonliiai of Ihii, £pipJ»Ditu («h. Haer. hli. ii. p. fllB) mm- tions ih ttarpvi tud EXiffi/xrci u ou of tbs three p«U of the Red Sa,— the others bung AIU cr Elath, mi Beranioe (wideotlj EiioD-fidjer), both utiuted ontheElMiiticnilf. (Beliod.i'aiaeX. pp.471, 473, SS6.) [O.W.] CNA'CALDS H0N8, rc*raT*K.l CNACION. rLAcoBiA,] CNAUSUH. TAhcadia, p. 103, lI CNEHIDES. [Cmkhib.] CKEUIS (KFiifuf ), 1 nage of monntum fbrmin Ibe bomidai; betwem Phode and the Epicinmid Losri, who nceind their diitingniihing name ba this mauntwu. Honut CDetaii was a omtiniuCiD of CaUidromtu, with wtuch ll tn» conoected bj ridge, at the fbint of which ia (ho modem town of Pmrhnilta. (Strtb.'a.pp.il6,*3i;Limle,!(orA- «n> l?reeea, toI. ii. pp. 66, ISO.) A ipur US(K>ISa>,Cnidu: EA. KfOai), i At} in Caria, at the westem eitremitj (f a long penin- ■Dla, which fbnni the aouthem dde of the baj oalled Cenunictto. Strabo (p. 6S6> desoribea Cnidia aocn- Tat«lj ; "it haa two porta, one of which can be dceed, and ia intended for triremee, and it has a elation for twent; ehipa; then lies Id front of the dtj an ialand about seven stadia id dnmit, loflj, in the farm of a theatre, jinned bf a caDBewar to the mainland, and making Cnidua In a manner (wo cities, for a large part of Cnidns is on the itUnd, whicb CDien botb the harboora." This island, now called Cape Krio, is united to the msin by a eandy iethtnns. The island is abont eOO jaidi long, with an average width of abont 1 50 yards. Strabo's di- mensions are pretty near the mark. On the west aide towards the sea the ishmd ia steep in aomo parts, and it alopes down eastward towards the two bar- bunn, which gives it the appearance that Strabo mentions. " On each side of the iethmns there ia an arlifidal harbonr; the smalleat (on the nivth ude) has a narrow entrance between hi^h i«eis, and was evidently (he clised basin for triremes which Strabo mentions. The aouthem and largest port is fonned by two transverse moles; these noble works were carried into (he sea to the depth of nearly a hnndred feet; one of them ia almost perfect; the other, which is more exposed to the sontb-wcst swell, can only be seen nnder water.' (Beanfbrt, Kammmia, p. 81.) A tew yards frran the end of the west pier tbere is very deep wster at the en- tntoce of the eouUiem harbour: it il marked 17 bthonii i CimiQB. I BeanfcrtV plan. The wi ribobftia tfae Cnidians doabtleaa found nc great depth rfntir oeiween uie isiana ana un main whm they am- after Stnho, in two diflerent paeaagfa (viiL 30. S ^ T. S4. § 7), lays that the tsland ef Cddos WH se^ rated from the mainland bj a narrow ■*""—'. wlnefa be calls Enripna ; and in one cf the paaaagM he bji that tha« waa a bridge orer it. He adda that th* diief part of the city B OD the """'">< ctf Caria, aa he calls it, and meet cf tba du«f boildiiiga. Tfas* is pertiaps no iDcoDsistncy betweai Stnbo and ftn- aanias, for if there was a bridge, than was fmbahiy The site of Ciddoa f* eorend wiOi nnaa ' ia every diiection, [articnlaily on the ME. aide of the harbonr. To the BW. an the remains of an anaaot quay, supported by Cyclo)Jan walls, aid in ksbb plans ont ont ef the tieqi limeatom ncka, alauh abmptly fnm the waters edge." (Hamihen, . ».) walls of Cnidus very perfect, and tnaeed thaa throoghoDt their ■wbdm extent to the east rf ths harbour. " The dty is enclosed by two vaOa, oaa mnning east and west, ths other almost mtfa aad sooth, and united at the summit erf' the hill to the KE. of the town; the ftamer is partly Cydofu, and partly peeadlsadomoua, bat the style imtcon* as it asceiida. The northern part of the wall >a veij perfect, and containa two tr three towsi in a ataM of great preacrvatiiai ; it is also the best ODnstrvetol, being probably of a Later date and pm^y laodoinDaa. — The walls in the peninsula an also welt |Mflseind, containing a round tower of great beauty at tfaa ex- tremity, nearthenorthemharboar.'' (Hamiltou.) No ancient dty has been men merdlaaly phmdsed than Cnidus; its proilmiq' to the sea may aocoont its prtaent conditjoo. There an two tbeatia, of which had a diameter of 400 feet, both m a led condition, a Drric ttoa, and the baa am nt of a large building which may have been a templa. The two theatres woe on the mainland aide. On the site of the town then are drcnlar or pear-riiaped holes In the gtMund eovered with cement, which must have bem cistema, as Hamilton anppoeee, fir iiolding rain witeri " fiir there is ndtber atream nir of Onek archilecinn cf dilErent kinda, both Doria and Ionic Tbe dnwkge of the n remains am published ia 11 ' ' - the Dilettanti Sodeqr.