[4028] Now called Cape Santa Maria, or Samsun.
[4029] He implies that it is derived from φυγὴ “flight.”
[4030] Between Ephesus and Neapolis. It belonged to the Samians who exchanged with the Ephesians for Neapolis, which lay nearer to their island. The modern Scala Nova occupies the site of one of them, it is uncertain which.
[4031] Its ruins are to be seen at the modern Inek-Bazar. It was situate on the river Lethæus, a tributary of the Mæander. It was famous for its temple of Artemis Leucophryene, the ruins of which still exist.
[4033] Now known as Ak-Hissar or the “White Castle.” Strabo informs us that it was founded by Seleucus Nicator.
[4034] From the excellence of its horses.
[4035] Its ruins are to be seen near the modern Ayazaluk. It was the chief of the twelve Ionian cities on the coast of Asia Minor, and devoted to the worship of Artemis, whose temple here was deemed one of the wonders of the world. Nothing, except some traces of its foundations, is now to be seen of this stupendous building.
[4036] It was more generally said to have been founded by the Carians and the Leleges.
[4037] Now called the Kara-Su, or Black River, or Kuchuk-Meinder, or Little Mæander.