Antipater's good son, this shrine did rear,
A pleasing omen, as you ply the sail,
And sure prognostic of a prosperous gale.
The Iapygian promontory had a temple to the same God, whose name by Dionysius is rendered Ὑριος.
[[804]]Ψυλατ' Ιηπυγιων τατανυσμενα, μεσφ' Ὑριοιο
Παῤῥαλιας, Ὑριου, τοθι συρεται Ἁδριας ἁλμη.
The more difficult the navigation was, the more places of sanctity were erected upon the coast. The Bosporus was esteemed a dangerous pass; and, upon that account, abounded with Cippi, and altars. These were originally mounds of earth, and sacred to the Sun: upon which account they were called Col-On, or altars of that Deity. From hence is derived the term Colona, and Κολωνη. It came at last to denote any ness or foreland; but was originally the name of a sacred hill, and of the pillar which was placed upon it. To say the truth, there was of old hardly any headland but what had its temple or altar. The Bosporus, in particular, had numbers of them by way of sea-marks, as well as for sacred purposes: and there were many upon the coast of Greece. Hence Apollonius says of the Argonauts:
[[805]] Ηρι δε νισσομενοισιν Αθω ανετελλε κολωνη.
In another place of the Bosporus—
[[806]] Φαινεται ηεροεν στομα Βοσπορου, ηδε κολωναι