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Unpublished Inscriptions from the Cyzicus Neighbourhood

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 December 2013

F. W. Hasluck
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1. At Robert College, Bebek, Constantinople, small stele 0·36 × 0·69 (letters 0·15) with relief of sacrifice to Apollo Citharoedus by a number of worshippers arranged in rows above each other: the inscription is much worn:

The epithet may be connected with the river name Macestus, Mecistus, with which again we may compare the Lesbian mountain Macistum, and the name Macestis in Le Bas 1127. The Macestus valley is possibly the provenance of both the Bebek stelai. A long series of votives dedicated to Apollo Crateanus (Arch. Zeit. 1875, 162), is said to come from a spot three hours from Manyas and nine from Balukiser. I was told also by Mr. Bunning of Susurlu that many of the Van Branteghem antiquities were found at a spot near Omarkeui.

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Research Article
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The Journal of Hellenic Studies , Volume 24 , November 1904 , pp. 20 - 40
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Copyright © The Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies 1904

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References

1 See J.H.S. xxiii. 87 (33). That inscription should read χαριστήρια.

2 I am indebted to Mr. Henderson for this photograph.

3 The θєὸς σώζων is described (with a bibliography) in B.C.H. xxvi. 220.

4 Cf. also the ‘Thracian harbour’ at Cyzicus (Apoll. Rhod. i. 1110), but the ‘Thracian gate’ of Pliny, N.H. xxxvi. 33Google Scholar is to be referred to Byzantium; cf. Xiph. lxxiv. 14.

5 Cf. πρωτοκωμήτης, J.H.S. xvii. 292Google Scholar. (70) Kebsud, . The word is discussed at some length in J.H.S. xxii. 359Google Scholar.

6 Katatopo is the Shaitanly of Kiepert's map. Similarly Langada = Kodja Burgaz and Diavathy Shahîn Burgaz.

7 The title of the Virgin is derived from the ‘milkstone’ which forms the chief attraction of the church. The ancient magnificence of the latter is attested by remains of a marble tessellated pavement.

8 Aristid. 1. 570 Dind.

9 Cf. Vita Theophanis ed. De Boor. The monastery was important in Byzantine times, as the massive precinct wall with its fortified gateway, and the remains of a marble pavement in the church attest. Fragments of two marble lions which I saw on the spot suggest that it was the seat of the Πλακιανή, Μήτηρ (C.I.G. 3657, Ath. Mitth. vii. 152)Google Scholar, though the the town of Placia can hardly have stood here: the Kara Dagh slopes at this point right down to the sea, leaving no room for tillage, and Kurshunlu ekes out a living by the export of charcoal to Constantinople. The tradition that the miraculous picture of Kurshunlu was removed to the monastery of the Panagia Phaneroméne of Kapu Dagh is a pretty parallel for the transference of Placiané to Cyzicus.

10 Published from photographs and impressions communicated to me by the finder, who very kindly undertook on my behalf a short journey into the Manyas plain. No. 62, by the courteous permission of the Director of the Imperial Museum, remains in Mr. Henderson's possession.

11 The Cyzicene inscription restored as a proxenia decree in favour of Pan Agrios, (Michel 533) has been shewn (Num. Chron. 1899, p. 1)Google Scholar to belong rather to the class of stelai with armorial bearings; the goat, formerly associated with Pan, is the arms of Antandros.

12 ‘Adji Bunar’ in Kiepert's large map: I heard Bagoni, Pagoni, which is the name given to the place by Nicodemus, metropolitan of Cyzicus, in his Προλεγόμενα περὶ τῆς ἐπαρχίας τῆς Κυζίκου 1876.