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Philalethes, a magistrate of Laodiceia Phrygia, mentioned
by Strabo and named on a coin of that city, As. 63.
Phileteerus, founder of the Pergamenian dynasty, his portrait
on all the coins of that dynasty except Attains II.,
Philomelium Phrygiae, As. 81 its site at ; Ak-sheher determined
by those of the Pisidian towns ApoUonia and
Antiocheia (v. Num. Hell., As. 100).
Philopoemen invited by the Gortynii of Crete to command
their army, Eu. 110.
Phocsea, its numismatic symbol a phoca or seal. As. 81. 91.
Phocaic stater, its extreme rarity, As. 81 ; divided, like
that of Cyzicus into hectse, or si.xths, but of purer gold,
ib. : common
in the time of Thucydides and of Demos-
thenes, ib.
Phcenice, the peninsula of, on the coast of Caria opposite
to Rhodes, its chief town Loryma, As. 26.
Phygela, or Pygela, in Ionia, its position on the coast a
little south of Ephesus, As. 82.
Pine-cone, a common symbol on Assyrian monuments,
found also in the hand of Lunus on coins of Asia Minor,
As. 86.
Plarasa, its situation. As. 20 : but was near Aphrodisias,
as the two cities employed a common coinage; the name
Plarasa disappears in the reign of Tiberius, ib.
Platsea in Boeotia noted for a temple of Juno containing
her colossal statue by Praxiteles, and her sitting figure
by Callimachua, Ins. 156.
Plolinopolis in Thrace, named from the wife of Trajan,
situated, as well as Trajanopolis, on the river Hebrus
(now Maritza), Eu. 143 : but the exact sites not yet determined,
ib.
Pogla stood on the confines of Pisidia, Pamphylia, and
Lycia, its site not yet ascertained. As. 82.
Posidonia Lucanise, the bull on its coins a symbol of the
river Silarus, Eu. 143.
Prsetoria cohors, generally a tenth of the legion, and particularly
attached to the consul or commander, Eu. 141.
Priene, the types of, refer to an Athenian colony. As. 82 :
Achilleides on one of the coins an Athenian name, ib.
Prostanna, its situation near the Pamphylian frontier of
Pisidia, As. 83.
Prusias, (iifficulty of distinguishing the coins of Prusias I.
and Prusias II., K. 6.
Prymnessus Phrygiae, Nemesis or Fortune a common type
on coins of this city; they taught that Plenty and Justice
were inseparable. As. 84.
Psi (*) used in some of the earliest Boeotian inscriptions
for the Hellenic X, Eu. 117.
Ptolemy II. (Philadeiphus), the aera on his coins reckoned
from his father's accession, K. 8.
Pyramus, great bridge built over it by Constantius, son of
Constantine the Great, As. 70; that existing in the
reign of Valerian having probably fallen to ruin. As. 69.
Rhoda Tarraconensis and Emporium, their respective situations
determined, Eu. 144; their coins on the same
standard of weight, ib.
Rhodius, the river, As. 46 : joined the sea at the upper
Asiatic castle of the Dardanelles between Dardanus and
Abydus, ib.
Roma, a temple of, at Alabanda, As. 12 : and an annual
festival in honour of the goddess, ib.
Ruad, the Arabic, and probably the Phoenician, form of
the island, called Aradus by the Greeks, As. 23.
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Sagaris, or Sangarius, this river figured on the coins of
Nicsea, and a part of it probably within the Nicaean territory.
As. 73.
Saittae in Lydia, extent of its territory, As. 85 : the river
Hyllus figured on some of its coins, ib.
Sala, in Phrygia, probably near the Cihyratis, As. 85.
Salamis in Cyprus, its present state delineated in the Sur-
vey of the Coast of Cyprus by Capt. Graves, R.N., in
the Admiralty Chart, Ins. 169.
Salbace, a district of Caria, stood on the south-west side
of Mount Cadmus, As. 22 : and contained the cities
Heracleia and Apollonia, ib.
Samos, the peacock on its coins a symbol of Juno, to
whom the great temple there was dedicated. As. 91.
Sardes noted for its temple of Cybele, As. 91.
Sarpedon (now Cape Cavaliere), As. 61.
Sehaste in Phrygia, the pine-cone in the hand of Men or
Lunus on its coins, derived from Assyria, As. 86.
Sebastopol, vestiges of the remains
Tauris still visible there. Eu. 120.
of Cherronesus in
Sebastos, Port, described by Josephus, As. 33.
Selinus, on a river of the same name in Cilicia Tracheia,
named Trajanopolis for the benefits conferred upon it
by Trajan, who died there. As. 88 : its site now called
Selinti, ib.
Siceliotae, Greek colonists of Sicily, Ins. 171
as a distinction from the Siculi and Sicani; their coins
struck at Syracuse, ib.
: so named
Sicyon in Achaia, named Demetrias for a short time after
its capture by Demetrius Poliorcetes b.c. 303, Eu. 145.
Side, its site, As. 89 : the chief naval station on the south
coast of Asia Minor, ib. : its jiort mostly artificial, ib. :
considerable remains of it, ib.
Silius Italicus, the celebrated epic poet, consul B.C. 68, and
soon after proconsul of Asia, As. 93 : his name on some
of the coins of Smyrna, ib.
YivvXiivT] the provincial name of Cybele at Smyrna, As.
27.
Smyrna, of the time of Homer, destroyed by Alyattes B.C.
610, As. 91 : the Smyrnaei afterwards in a kio/h.^ov state
until New Smyrna was built by Antigonus and Lysimachus
on Mount Pagus, ib. : in an intermediate time,
however, Scylax mentions Smyrna as a city, ib.
Straton, tower of, afterwards Caesareia the capital of Palestine,
As. 33.
Syedra in Cilicia Tracheia, its site. As. 96.
Sylla dedicates a bipennis and golden crown to Venus of
Aphrodisias, As. 20.
Syracuse, on this city, its antiquities and coins, see Transactions
of the Royal Society of Literature, 8vo, iii.
p. 239, seq.
Syria, its dense population in ancient times contrasted
with its present desolation. As. 34, 35.
T.
Tabala, its situation in the valley of the Hermus, As. 23.
Tanagra, monetary league once subsisting between this city
and Thespiae, Platsea, and Lebadeia, Eu. 125. 146.
Tavium, also called Sebaste of the Trocmi, As. 86.
Telmessus, or 'I'elemessus in Caria, one of the cities of the
Halicarnassian peninsula. As 100: famed for its o/acle
of Apollo, As. 101 : annexed with five other towns to
Halicarnassus by Alexander the Great, ib.