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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1842 Excerpt: ...and crumbling mud-bricks, have long since yielded to the influence of the elements. The castle itself has also nearly disappeared; and the ruined walls alone mark its former extent, part of which is now converted into a burial-ground, while the modern town and bazaars have been moved more to the east, towards the konak, or palace of the Pacha. CHAPTER XLII. March of Cjrrus from Cebenae to Icuniiim--Tyrifflum--Thymbrium and Fountain of Midas--Caystri Campus--Ceramorum Agora--Present State of Koniyeh--Ruined Castle--Turkish Walls--The Pacha's Kouak--Turkish Secretary--Gardens at Boghaz Kieui--Sarai Kieu!--Kara Bourja--Greek Village of Zillieh. Having determined to remain three or four days at Koniyeh, I was not sorry to find myself established in a clean Armenian house, the owners of which were anxious to accommodate themselves in all respects to my wishes. But before 1 say anything of the present state of Koniyeh and its neighbourhood, I must revert to the ancient geography of the road through Phrygia Paroreius, particularly as connected with Xenophon's account of the expedition into Upper Asia of the younger Cyrus. In consequence of the difficulties of identifying several places in this route between Apamea and Iconium, partly owing to our ignorance of the sites, and partly to the circumstance that the names of towns in ancient days were frequently changed, it has been the practice of modern writers on the geography of Asia Minor to doubt the accuracy of this part of the narrative, although from Sardis to Apamea, and again from Iconium to Tarsus, the route of Cyrus can now be traced with the greatest ease. Fortunately there are two features by which this intermediate distance may be ascertained: Xenophon has not only given us the names of the places through...

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