Dictionary of Greek and Roman geography . of Ja-niorlane. Not long after it fell into the hands ofthe Turks, who have retained possession of it eversince. It is now the great mart of the Levanttrade. Of Old Smyrna only a few remains nowexist on the north-eastern side of the bay of Smyrna;the walls of the acropolis are in the ancient Cyclopeanstyle. The ancient remains of New Smyrna aremore immerous, es])ecially of its walls which are ofa solid and massive construction; of the stadiumbetween the western gate and the sea, which, how-ever, is stripped of its marble seats and decorations;and of th
Dictionary of Greek and Roman geography . of Ja-niorlane. Not long after it fell into the hands ofthe Turks, who have retained possession of it eversince. It is now the great mart of the Levanttrade. Of Old Smyrna only a few remains nowexist on the north-eastern side of the bay of Smyrna;the walls of the acropolis are in the ancient Cyclopeanstyle. The ancient remains of New Smyrna aremore immerous, es])ecially of its walls which are ofa solid and massive construction; of the stadiumbetween the western gate and the sea, which, how-ever, is stripped of its marble seats and decorations;and of the theatre on the side of a hill fronting thebay. These and other remains of ancient buildingshave been destroyed by the Turks in order to obtain thematerials for other buildings; but numerous remainsof ancient art have been dug out of the ground atSmyrna. (Chandlers Travels in Asia, pp. 76, 87;Prokesch, Denkwurdigkeiten, i. p. 515, foil.; Ha-milton, Researches^ i. p. 46, foil.; Sir C. Fellows,Asia Minor, p. 10, foil.) [L. S.] SODOM. 1017. COIN OK SMYRNAEUS SINUS {Ipt-vpuaioiv koXttoh), alsocalled the bay of Hermus {Epfxeios icoAiros), fromthe river Hermus, which flows into it, or the bay ofWeles (MfAiJTou k.), from the little river Meles, isthe bay at the head of which Smyrna is its entrance to the head it is 350 stadia inlength, but is divided into a larger and a smallerbasin, which have been formed by the deposits of theHennus, which have at the same time much nar-rowed the whole bay. A person sailing into ithad on his right the promontory of Celaenae, and onliis left, the headland of Phocaea; tlie central part ofthe bay contained numerous small islands. ( p. 645; Pomp. Mela, i. 17; Vit. Horn. 2;Steph. B. s. V. 2,fivpva.) [L. S.] S(MNAS (2oacos, Ptol. vii. 4. § 3), a smallriver of Taprobane (Ceylon), which flowed into thesea on the western side of the island. Lassen (inhis map) calls it the Kilaii. On its banks lived apeople of the same name,
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