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 W8 GOBACIUS. from ft low mndj bthmas, which is separated from the montttains bj a broad plain; two of its sides are difb of great height, and aboolatelj perpendicnlar; and the eastern side, on which the town is |daoed, is so steep that the houses seem to rest on each other: in short, it fonns a natonl fertreas that might be rendered impregnable; and the nnmeroos walls and towers prove h^ anzionslj its former possessors IS' boured to make it so." (Beaofort's Karauumiaf pu 172.) ** The bay is open to soatherlj winds, the anchonge indiflferent, and there is no harbour or pier." (Beaofort.) Beaofort supposes that there maj, howerer, have been a mde oonstmcted here, bnt drcumstanoes prevented him from examining into that matter. The dtflb at Aldj^a an from 500 to 600 feet above the sea, and their perpendicnlar di- nctlon is oontinned fer 60 or 70 feet below it. Thej are of compact white limestone, *' tinged b]r a red dross on the oatside." On the snmmit of the hill there are the remains of a Cyclopian wall, and a few broken cnlnmns; bat no Greek inscriptions were discovered. Strabo's brief description of Coracedam (p. 668) agraes with the facts. The natural strength of this position, a loftj and almost insulated rock, resem- bling Gibraltar, will exphun its historical importance. Antioohns, king of Sjria, was occupied with the saege of Coimcesinm when the Rhodians sent him the message which is mentioned by Livy (xxxiii. 20). It was the only place on the Cilidan coast that had not submitted to him. The rebel Tiyphoa afterwards msintained himself fer some time at Oorscesium. [Ciuoia, p. 621.] The pirates of Gilida, against whom the Romans sentCn. Pompeius, kept their plunder in the strong places of the Taurus, but theur naval station wss Coracesiam, where with their fleet they awaited the attack of the Roman admiral, who defeated them. (Plut Pomp, c. 28.) ''In the old maps Ald^ is called Cattd Ubaldo, which may possibly have been the name given to it by the Venetians and Genoese, when in possession of this and other strongholds upon the Carsmanian coast, but there is no reoollecdon of the name in this countiy at present" (Leake, Asia Minor, p. 126.) [G. L.] CORA'CIUS MONS (rh Kopdirtor tpos) is phu»d by Strabo (p. 643) between Colophon and Lebedus. As the wonl Kopuctop is an adjective, the name of the nxnmtain may be Goraz. When Strabo spesks of a mountain between Gdophon and Lebedus, he means that some high land is crossed in going from one place to the other; but this high land runs north, and occupies the tract that extends from Colophon and Lebedus north, towards the gulf of Smyrna. Chandler therefore may be right when he gives the name Corax to the mountains which were on his left hand as he passed from Smyrna to Vomrloj near the she of Clazmneoae. (Ana Minor, c. 23.) [G. L.] CORALIS. [Cabalus.] GORAXIUS. [BoEcmA, p. 412, b.] CORALLA (to K^poAAa), a cape on the coast of Pontus, now Cape KtreU, It is identified clearly enough by the name. (Hamilton's Rueareku, 4^ voL i. p. 252.) It is placed by Anian, and the anonymous author of the Periplus, 100 stadia east of Phnocalia, and PhiloealU is 1 10 stadia east of Tri- poUs, Ttrl^oH, a well-known position. [G. L.] CORANITAE, an inhmd people of Arabia, men- tioned by Pliny (vL 28. s. 32), without any further due to their positioD (Forster, Arabia, vol. iL p. 65.) [GW.] CORBILO. CORA'SSIAE or CCBSEAE (KofturatM, Sbalb X. p. 488; Plin. iv. 12. a. 23; Ksf^foi, or Kspir«a4 Stzab. xiv. p. 636; Agathem. i. 4; Steph. B. «. v. Ko^cof), a group of islands between Icaria and Samoa, distant, according to Agathemeros, 30 stadia tnm the pramontofy Ampelos in Samoa. Thej are now called Pkmrm and KnuL (Ross, J? fl Mg a tmfdea Grieeh. Intek^ vbL iL pp. 134, 156.) Some modem writers suppose that CoBMsiae and Corseae are namea of two difiimnt groups of islands, the fermer beii^ SW. of Icaria, and the latter near Samos; bnt upon a comparisoo of the two passages of Stnbo in winch the names occur, it would appear that he sfeafcs of the same groups under these two names. CORAIL [AsiOLEA, p. 63.1 CORAX (K^, PtoL V. 9. f§ 7, 10, 31, r. la § 1), a small river placed by Ptolemy in Sannatia Aaiatica, and which, riang in the Conzici Monte, — a western portion of the chain of the Cancasus, — flowed SW. into the Euxine Sea. Itwastfaenortheni limit of Colchis. It is probable that the Chariens of Arrian (PenjpL pu 10), the Charien of Pliny (vi 3. 4), the Charis of Strabo (xL p. 499), and the Gha- ristos of Ptolemy (v. 10. § 2), are one and the same river with it Its present name is Suhmu [ Y.] CORAXL 1. (K6fm$oi, Aristot Meteor. L 13; Hecat Fragm. 185; Steph. B. e. v.; Mda, L 19, iiL 5; Scyha, p. 31 ; Plm. vL 5. a. 5), a tribe of Pontus to the NW. of Colchis, and doee to the oat- lying spurs of the Caucasus. They probably ecea- pied the weetem bank of the Coiax in the ndghbenr- hood of Dioecurias. In the same district, aooerdiag to Stephanus, was Coraxicus Muma and Conxica Regie. 2. A Scythian tribe mentioned by Ptokmy (vi 14. § 10), but not, that we are aware, noticed in aay other author. [Y-] CORAOUCI MONTES (MeU, i. 19. § 3; Plin. vL 9. s. 10, vi. 12. s. 15; Mart. Capu c 6; 4 K^ 6pos, PtoL V. 9. §§. 14, 15, 18), the western part of tike chain of the Caucasus to die N. of Coldiis. It was the source, according to Ptolemy, of the river Cambyses; accoirding to MeU and Pliny, of the Cyras and Cambyses. [V.] COimASA (K^pffoura), a town of Pisidia (PtoL V. 5. § 6), the same apparently as the Colbasa of Hierodes. Ptolemy's Corbasa seems to be some- where about Termessus. [G. L.] CORBEUS (Kopewvs), a dtyof the Tectoe^es, m Galatia,aooordingtoPtolemy(v.4.§8). ItisGorbdns (rop««iot^)m the text of Strabo (p. 568). Corbeoa was the residence of Castor the son of Saooondatiua. Saocondarius married the daughter of Deiotarns, who murdered his son-in-law and his own daughter, destroyed the castle, and ruined the greater part of Corbeus. As to these Galatian princes see Orelli Onomoiticon TuO. («. «. Cattor). The name Cor- beus oocun in the Antonine Itin. and in the Table, but the Table is quite unintelligible. In the An- tonine Itin. Corbeus is placed between Ancyra (Anffora), and a pboe called Roeolcgiacum, XX. M. P. from Ancyra and XII. M. P. from Roeolo. giacum. Cramer (A$ia Minor, voL iL p. 97) says that "Corbeus answers doubtless to the site of Corbega, a few miles from the modem road leading from Angora to JTaMarieA." [G. L.] CORBIANA (Kop«ianf, Strab. xvL pi 745), one of the three praefectures into which Elymais was anciently divided. They were Massabatica, Galnana, and Corbiana. [V.] CCRBILO (Kiop«f A«r), a tradixy town in Gallia^