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earlier dynasts ; preserves its ancient name hieron of
;
Jupiter Labrandeus near it. As. 84.
its ruins at Port Gutnishld; Egyptian
types on its coins, as on those of the neighbouring lasus,
Myndus (Cariee),
and of Pitane Mysiae, As. 85. 101.
Myra (Lyciee), one of the six chief towns of Lycia and its
metropolis under the Byzantine empire j remains of an-
Juno Pronuba a common type on
tiquity there extant ;
its coins. As. 85.
named from one of the Amazones ; its
Myrhina (jEolidis)
position not exactly ascertained, though clearly described
by Strabo, As. 85. See Grynium.
Myrhina, the same as the city Lemnus of Homer, situated
at the western end of the island of that name,
Ins. 19.
Myrleia (Bithyniae) so called from Myrlus,
INDEX TO THE NOTES.
leader of a
colony from Colophon ; its name changed to Apameia
by Prusias of Bithynia in honour of his wife. As. 86.
Mystes an epithet of Apollo, As. 51.
named Lesbus in the time
Mytilene (Lesbi) still so called ;
of Homer, Ins. 26: remarkable for coins recording the
public gratitude to benefactors ; among whom are Theophanes
the friend of Pompey, his wife Archedamis,
Lesbonax, Nausicaa, Julia Procla, Nicomachis, and
Sextus, Ins. 27.
N.
Nacoleia fPhrygise), inscriptions it naming copied by Mr.
Steuart at Seid-el-Ghazi, As. 86. 103. See Doganlu.
Nacrasa (Lydise), now Bakir, a Macedonian colony. As. 87.
Nagidus (Ciliciae) a Samian colony; its remains near the
mouth of the Arymagdus, As. 41. 149.
Naupactus the chief town of the Locri Ozolae ; the coins
with Corinthian types inscribed Aoxpiov probably struck
there, Eu. 63.
Naxos,now Axia, a town of Crete in the bay of
Spinalonga,
still famed as anciently for its whetstones, Ins. 5.
an island in the .(Egean Sea, its coins, Ins. 27.
•^— one of the Sicilian colonies from Chalcis, destroyed
by Dionysius II.; the neighbouring Tauromenium
founded fifty years afterwards, Ins. 65.
Neandria (Troadis), its position on the upper Mendere
(Simoeis); the feeding horse common on its coins and
on those of Alexandreia Troadis, As. 87.
Neapolis (Palestina? sive Samarise), now Nablus, more
a.d. 73 the commencement of
anciently called Sichem ;
its sera. As. 87.
Neopolis (Campanise) a Cumsean colony between the river
Sebetus and the island Megaris (Castel del Ovo) ; the
Siren Parthenope represented on its coins, and her
name used as a synonym for Neopolis ; the river Glanis
typified by the andromorphous bull on some of its
coins, Eu. 130.
(Macedoniae), previously Datus Thracise, and
now Kavala, occupied by a Corinthian colony
on the
decline of Datus ; its types refer to the worship of Perseus
and Bacchus, Eu. 76.
Neptune, remains of his ancient wooden temple at Mantineia,
in the time of Pausanias, Eu. 161.
Nereis, wife of Gelon, son of Hieron II., styled BaaiXiaaa
on the theatre of Syracuse, Ins. 77.
Nesibi (Mesopotamise), colonized and called Antiocheia of
its more ancient
Mygdonia by one of the Seleucidae;
name never obsolete. As. 88. See Singara.
Nesiope, an island at the western extremity of Lesbus, in
the same harbour as Antissa; money struck both by
Nesiope and Antissa, Ins. 3. 27, 28.
Nicsea (Bithyniae) called 'AyKiipti before the Macedonian
conquest ; afterwards Antigoneia, in the time of Antigonus
; finally Nicaea in honour of Nicaea, daughter of Antipatrus,
who was wife of Lysimachus, As. 88.
Nicator, epithet of Seleucus I. of Syria, K. 21 ; of Demetrius
II., K. 30: and of Seleucus VI., K. 36.
Nicocles, governed by Paphus soon after the time of Alexander,
As. 127 : a king of Salamis Cypri, Ins. 80.
Nicomedeia (Bithyniae), named from Nicomedes I., previously
Astacus, As. 90.
Nicomedes I. of Biihynia, his coins very rare, K. 41.
II. (Epiphanes), of Bithynia, the copper money
in his reign and that of Nicomedes III. struck by the
cities in their dominions, K. 41 : introduces the seraoi
Pontus upon his coins, K. 42 : places his son on the
throne of Paphlagonia, K. 43.
III. (Epiphanes, Philopator),
medes II., his coins, K. 42.
son of Nico-
NicopoUs (ad Islrum) founded by Trajan, preserves its
ancient name, Eu. 78.
(Epiri) founded by Augustus ; peopled by five
neighbouring colonies of Corinth, Eu. 8. 76.
(Judaeae sive Palestinae), Emmaus so named by
Vespasian, As. 91.
(Seleucidis Syriae) on or near the site of Issug,
As. 91.
Nisyrus, a coin of this island in the JEge&n Sea, Ins. 28.
Nola (Campanise) an ancient Euboean colony, occupied
by the Samnites during the period between the Greek
and Roman domination; Parthenope represented and
the river Glanis typified on its coins, as on those of the
neighbouring Neopolis, Eu. 132.
Nuceria or Nucria Alphaterna (Campaniae), now Nocera
dei Pagani, on the river Sarrus or Sarnus, now Samo,
Eu. 132.
Nucrini (in Bruttiis), their city the same as Nucria on the
Ocinarus, now Nocera, in Calabria Ultra, Eu. 132.
Nysa (Cariae). See Athymbrus.
O.
'OjStXiffKot the small pyramidal pieces
of silver used as
money before the invention of the art of coining in
iEgina, 1].
Ochyroma. See Achaia Rhodi.
Odessus (Thraciae), now Varna, its worship of Sarapis,
Eu. 79.
QilniadaB (Acarnaniae), now Trikardhokastro, situated between
the lake Melite and the river Achelous ; its copper
coins abundant; its chief types Jupiter, Hercules, and
the personified Achelous, Eu. 79, 80.
CEniandus, between Anazarba and Issus, named Epiphaneia
by Antiochus Epiphanes, and distinguished as
the Sacred (Upa), As. 58.
Q^noanda (Lyciae) one of three Lycian cities forming a
tetrapolis with Cibyra Phrygiae, As. 41.
QSnoe, a city of the island Icaria, its coins, Ins. 28.
ffita founded by Amphissus ; its site on Mount ffita undetermined
; the coins of the (Elxi there struck their ; types
relative to the mythus of the Calydonian boar, Eu. 80.
Olbia or Olbiopolis (Sarmatiae) founded by the Milesii;
remains of it found at the junction of the Bog and
Dnieper rivers, Eu. 80.
Oloosson, now Elasona, this Homeric city perhaps the
same as the later Perrhaebia Thessalise, Eu. 87. 162.
Olus (Cretae), its remains on the northern coast of Crete,