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Mallus is followed by Aegaeae, a small townAjas. with a shelter for vessels; then the Amanides Gates, (Gates of Amanus,Demir-Kapu.) with a shelter for vessels. At these gates terminates the mountain Amanus,The ridge extending N. E., the parts of which bear various names, Missis, Durdan-dagh, etc. which extends from the Taurus, and lies above Cilicia towards the east. It was successively in the possession of several tyrants, who had strongholds; but, in our time, Tarcondimotus, who was a man of merit, became master of all; for his good conduct and bravery, he received from the Romans the title of King, and transmitted the succession to his posterity.
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Next to Aegaeae is Issus, a small town with a shelter for vessels, and a river, the Pinarus.Deli-tschai. At Issus the battle was fought between Alexander and Darius. The bay is called the Issic Bay. The city RhosusArsus. is situated upon it, as also the city Myriandrus, Alexandreia,Iskenderun. Nicopolis, Mopsuestia,Its name under the Byzantine empire was corrupted to Mampsysta, or Mamista; of which names the modern Mensis appears to be a further corruption.—Leake. and the Gates,The passage is defended by the fortress of Merkes. as they are called, which are the boundary between Cilicia and Syria.
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In Cilicia are the temple of the Sarpedonian Artemis and an oracle. Persons possessed with divine inspiration deliver the oracles.
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After Cilicia, the first Syrian city is Seleucia-in-Pieria;Suveidijeh. near it the river OrontesNahr-el-Asy. empties itself. From Seleucia to Soli is a voyage in a straight line of nearly 1000 stadia.
