| |
| |
HALICARNASSUS - LoveToKnow Article on HALICARNASSUS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29) |
 | | Budrum), an ancient Greek city on the S,W. coast of Caria, Asia Minor, on a picturesque and advantageous site on the Ceramic Gulf or Gulf of Cos. |
 | | About the foundation of Halicarnassus various traditions were current; but they agree in the main point as to its being a Dorian colony, and the figures on its coins, such as the head of Medusa, Athena and Poseidon, or the trident, support the statement that the mother cities were Troezen and Argos. |
 | | The site is n,ow occupied in part by the town of Budrum; but the ancient walls can still be traced round nearly all their circuit, and the position of several of the temples, the theatre, and other public buildings can be fixed with certainty. |
| www.87.1911encyclopedia.org /H/HA/HALICARNASSUS.htm (889 words) |
|